Students’ Work to Highlight Addiction Issues Recognized at Inaugural MaineFocus Film Festival
Students’ work to highlight addiction issues recognized at inaugural MaineFocus Film Festival
BANGOR, Maine — Maine teens who brought their voices into the conversation about drug addiction were recognized for their efforts during the awards ceremony of the inaugural MaineFocus Film Festival Saturday at the Cross Insurance Center.
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Drug Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease
However, the availability of these drugs may have resulted in AD treatment being prioritised over that for other forms of dementia and over the later stages of dementia, where the drugs are less useful (Pelosi et al, 2006). Many memory clinics provide …
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Families Struggle With Crisis After Crisis When a Loved One Is Addicted
Families struggle with crisis after crisis when a loved one is addicted
Their stories share more than a few common threads – a once-wholesome child stealing and manipulating to get money for drugs, repeat stints at short-term drug treatment centers followed by near-immediate relapse, overdoses, and, all-too-often, the …
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Drug Deaths Hit 10-Year High
Drug deaths hit 10-year high
Land said the good news about Connecticut is that it's one of the few states that has laws specifically aimed at preventing overdoses. These include the good Samaritan law, which provides immunity from criminal charges to those who report a possible …
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Habits Hard to Resist
Habits hard to resist
The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman this month has raised many questions about drug addiction, among them: What do drugs such as heroin do to the brain to make them so addictive? Can these chemical changes be undone? Over the past 20 years, research into… Continue reading
Questionnaire About Psychology of Drug Addiction/recovery?
Question by xSweetiex07: Questionnaire about psychology of drug addiction/recovery?
I am doing a service learning project, and my mom is an active member of Narcotics Anonymous, so I thought I could ask her friends (that are in the program) some questions about their recovery. I need help thinking… Continue reading
UN Secretary-General: Drug Addiction a Disease, Not a Crime
UN Secretary-General: Drug addiction a disease, not a crime
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for treatment and councelling for drug addicts. “Drug-dependent people should not be treated with discrimination; they should be treated by medical experts and counsellors. Drug addiction is a disease, not a crime …
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Does Free Drug Rehab Exist?
Question by coastal: Does free drug rehab exist?
I see all the (more luxurious) drug rehab clinics on TV shows all the time. But what if someone can’t afford it? Are there free rehab clinics?? Not sure the person would even go, but needs the help – BAD.… Continue reading
Maine Governor Cites 'Troubling Epidemic' of Addicted Babies
Maine Governor Cites 'Troubling Epidemic' of Addicted Babies
With the country's attention focused on overdoses and deaths because of heroin, Gov. Paul R. LePage of Maine on Tuesday turned the spotlight on babies that have been born in his state to drug-addicted mothers. Mr. LePage said that 927 “drug-addicted …
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