Second chances
“What brought me here was my drug use,” she said while sitting in the Day Reporting Center just after attending a Moral Reconation Therapy class. “I'd been using off and on for the past 16 years. I've been in and out of prison a couple … For a long …
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Marijuana Legalization Bill To Be Introduced In Maryland
The bill would tax marijuana at a rate of $ 50 per ounce at wholesale levels, and the first $ 5 million in revenue generated would go to drug and alcohol treatment programs, as well as education. Some might be happy to hear the bill would also require …
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Scripps Research Institute Scientists Develop Promising Drug Candidates for …
“Compounds that act at kappa receptors may provide a means for treating addiction and for treating pain; however, there is the potential for the development of depression or dysphoria associated with this receptor target,” said Laura Bohn, a TSRI …
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Britain OKs Asylum For Atheist
Lindsey Graham told The Daily Beast Tuesday he was working with Cantor to bring up the Menendez-Kirk bill in the House, where it will surely pass, as a way to pressure Reid to act. “I am thinking of a House-first ….. DeFour treated his waitresses …
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New hope in alcoholism treatment, say Scripps researchers
SAN DIEGO – Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute declared new hope in the treatment of alcoholism on Monday, following the results of a new study to treat the disease with a drug that is already on the market. Gabapentin already is prescribed …
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Elizabeth Vargas Checks Into Rehab To Handle Alcoholism Battle
Elizabeth Vargas has admitted herself in to a rehabilitation clinic at an undisclosed location after admitting to having a problem with her alcohol consumption. The ABC News anchor was admitted to the clinic at some point over the past few weeks, with …
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Elizabeth Vargas in Rehab: ABC 20/20 Co-Anchor Checked in For Alcohol …
When Elizabeth Vargas was mysteriously absent from her post as ABC's 20/20 co-anchor for weeks, people started to wonder where the seasoned reporter was. Now Vargas, 51, has confirmed that she's been in a rehabilitation facility for alcohol abuse.
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Is Dr. Drew Too Risky for Prime Time?
Indeed, Celebrity Rehab's treatment—leaving aside the massive confidentiality violation of being televised—diverges dramatically from the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA) Principles of Drug Treatment, a guide that lays out standards for the …
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Could a jab that prevents heroin reaching the brain be the key to ending …
Professor George Koob, who chairs The Scripps Research Institute's (TSRI) addiction research group in Florida, said: 'Heroin-addicted rats deprived of the drug will normally resume using it compulsively if they regain access, but our vaccine stops this …
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