The Only Way to Help Addicts Is to Treat Them as Sick, Not Bad

The only way to help addicts is to treat them as sick, not bad

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What we want to do with Give It Up is popularise a compassionate perception of drunks and addicts and provide funding for places at treatment centres where they can get clean using these principles. Then, once they are free of drugs and alcohol, to …
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Promises Made, Promises Kept: Getting your ideas to fight W.Va.'s prescription

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Prescription drug abuse is a full-on epidemic in West Virginia. And I keep hearing that the biggest problem is the lack of affordable and accessible treatment options for those who are addicted. Just last month, at discussions in Huntington and …
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Time To Pay Attention: What The Newest ADHD Research Is Telling Us

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It's a relentless trajectory that can include oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder; they also have higher risk of alcohol and drug abuse. White males are typically the … William Barbaresi, MD, Director of the Developmental Medicine Center …
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