Addiction: The Disease That Lies

Published July 17, 2013

Addiction: The disease that lies
Filed under: drug treatment rehab

Addiction is a brain disease, and our knowledge of it has expanded significantly, which has informed our treatment programs and altered our perceptions. We know that addiction resides in the limbic system, a subconscious part of our brain that is …
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In Jakarta , free drug rehab nets many takers
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Police in Jakarta and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) recently stepped up efforts to combat drug addiction. June banners in front of police stations such as at Gatot Subroto said addicts who turned themselves in to police were not prosecuted and …
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'Glee' star Cory Monteith's death was caused by 'a mixed drug toxicity'
Filed under: drug treatment rehab

The actor spent time in rehab this year, checking into a drug addiction treatment facility in late March. Monteith had been frank about his struggles with substance abuse, telling Parade magazine in 2011 that he began using drugs at 13 and by 19 went …
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