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Marijuana Legalization Gains Support, Confounding Policymakers

Marijuana Legalization Gains Support, Confounding Policymakers

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"We're on this hundred-mile-an-hour freight train to legalizing a third addictive substance," says Kevin Sabet, a former drug policy adviser in the Obama administration, lumping marijuana with tobacco and alcohol. Legalization strategist Ethan …
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The Future Is Bright – the Watershed


 

The Future is Bright – The Watershed – Patricia’s Story of the challenge of overcoming addiction and discovering a new life. Free 24 hour help line (888) 629-8069 As a leading drug treatment cente…

 

Reprieve for drug addicts

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Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Near Schools Face Shutdown


 

Medical marijuana dispensaries near schools face shutdown – Christian Thurstone, Medical Director for the Substance Abuse Treatment, Education and Prevention Program at Denver Health and Hospital Authority, discusses …

 

End-stage liver disease crisis in teen drinkers

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Though Dr Stewart believes there… Continue reading

Some Cancer Screenings May Be Unnecessary, Harmful

Some cancer screenings may be unnecessary, harmful

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It's not screening but better treatment that is saving lives, said Dr. Gil Welch, professor of medicine at Dartmouth. “It's both,” said Dr. Clarence Brown, president emeritus of MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando. Welch doubts mammography… Continue reading

The Meadows Alumni Association to Host Alumni Workshop in Houston on June

The Meadows Alumni Association to Host Alumni Workshop in Houston on June

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For more information, contact Morgan Day at 800.240.5522 or alumni(at)themeadows(dot)com. The Meadows Wickenburg is an industry leader in treating trauma and addiction through its inpatient and workshop programs. To learn more… Continue reading

Former World Series-Winning Pitcher Dickie Noles Highlights “Town Hall

Former World Series-Winning Pitcher Dickie Noles Highlights “Town Hall

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Recovery Associates and The Florida House Experience Host Event To Raise Awareness of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and offer solutions to those who are living in addiction and want a way out. Dickie… Continue reading

KDN Hopes to Obtain Supplementary Allocation to Overcome Drug Problems

KDN hopes to obtain supplementary allocation to overcome drug problems

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Its Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the drug problem needed to be eradicated so that the future of children would be secured and to curb crimes involving drug abuse. He said… Continue reading

The World's Most Unsatisfied Band

The World's Most Unsatisfied Band

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Born in San Diego, Stinson shuttled around California, Florida, and finally Minnesota, moving a dozen times before he'd finished grade school. Raised by his single mom, Anita, older half … Growing up, Bob was in and out of group… Continue reading

States Show Large Racial Disparities in Drug Treatment Success Rates

States show large racial disparities in drug treatment success rates

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The study, which was published online in May in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, analyzed data from 940,058 patients from outpatient substance abuse treatment centers across the United States for whom there… Continue reading

Prison Reforms Having an Impact but More Could Be Done

Prison reforms having an impact but more could be done

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Offer presumptive parole for low-risk prisoners who are very unlikely to re-offend; allow parolees required to get substance abuse treatment as a condition of parole to enroll in programs outside of prison which are… Continue reading