Drug And Alcohol Treatment Programs

There has been a lot of media attention about the recent swine flu outbreak. As people with addictions tend to have compromised immune systems to some extent (and obviously…
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A new study, soon to be published in the journal Psychological Science, and reported in USA Today, shows that nearly one in 10 children and teenagers who play video…
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There’s something about detox that seems off-putting to a lot of people. They may have faced the fact that they have a problem, they may even be looking for…
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Mike Nestoruk, a severely disabled 41-year-old-man, represents everything that is wrong with our society’s attitude towards people with addictions. Homeless, and dependent on a wheelchair to get around, as…
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month.
Alcohol is one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood substances of abuse, and, perhaps more than any other, provokes the strongest feelings.
As well as being…
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Recent reports indicate that at least 8 states are considering introducing drug testing for people receiving benefits such as food stamps.
There are several problems with this idea:
There is a strong…
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I was recently involved in an online discussion about issues in various healthcare fields, leading one contributer to state that people who are prescribed pain medications have to cope with…
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