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West Salem Student's Forum Highlights Danger of Heroin

West Salem student's forum highlights danger of heroin
WEST SALEM — Drug addiction isn’t just a community problem for Carly Davis, though she’s noticed it’s become more prevalent in her rural hometown.
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Could Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Finally Change the Conversation About

Could Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Finally Change the Conversation About
Families resist seeking help for the same reasons as they get told to detach, distance and use tough love, all of which are counter intuitive to the concern and hopefulness they feel for their loved one. In the end,… Continue reading

Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism

Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism
The findings lend additional credence to a hypothesis arguing that food and drug addiction are not that different after all, at least as far as the chemistry of the brain is concerned. Details of the new study appear in the February 9… Continue reading

Drug Rehab Programs?

Question by MrSandman: Drug rehab programs?
Can you tell me if drug rehab programs are successful in the UK and what is the cost per week to the taxpayer or addict to receive treatment? I understand that the costs might be astronomical and unaffordable for your average… Continue reading

What’s the Best Drug Rehab for Methamphetamine Addiction in Bronx, New York?

Question by ABRIL B: What’s the best drug rehab for methamphetamine addiction in Bronx, New York?
My boyfriend needs help very bad. He’s hooked on methamphetamine and its already affecting our relationship and his job too. I am afraid that something bad might happen to him. What’s… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force Makes Progress

Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
Enough hydrocodone was prescribed in 2010 to keep everyone in the U.S. medicated around-the-clock for 30 days. In late December, the Indiana Attorney General's Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force made efforts to tackle the prescription drug abuse …
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My Conversation With Jamie Lee Curtis: Drug Addiction in America – Huffington Post

My Conversation With Jamie Lee Curtis: Drug Addiction in America – Huffington Post

My Conversation With Jamie Lee Curtis: Drug Addiction in America
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Tonight on PBS, I have an open and transparent conversation with award-winning actress and best-selling children's author Jamie Lee Curtis. The star candidly discusses her… Continue reading

Doc: My State in Addiction Stranglehold

Doc: My state in addiction stranglehold
That same data indicated we had one of the highest rates of prescription drug addiction among adolescents and young adults in the country. We still do. It's only been recently that the rest of the country has awakened to this crisis. In 2011, the… Continue reading

Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism

Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism
Scientists with the Universite de Bordeaux in France discovered in a new study that food and marijuana cravings share the same neural mechanism in the human brain. The team found that the same receptors light up in mice when they are deprived… Continue reading

My Mom Has a Drug Addiction Problem. This Addiction Is Destroying Our Relationship.?

Question by Brook 425: My mom has a drug addiction problem. This addiction is destroying our relationship.?
My mom has a drug addiction problem. This addiction is destroying our relationship. I ‘m not sure what to do about this problem.
How do I solve this dilemma? I live near Cane… Continue reading