Synanon’s Sober Utopia: How a Drug Rehab Program Became a Violent Cult – Gizmodo
Synanon’s Sober Utopia: How a Drug Rehab Program Became a Violent Cult – Gizmodo
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Synanon's Sober Utopia: How a Drug Rehab Program Became a Violent Cult Gizmodo Dederich is credited with a lot of positive innovations early on in his career as a drug rehab guru. He focused on a marginalized group that most institutions wanted nothing to do with. He was said to have coined the phrase "Today is the first day of …… Continue reading |
Dr. Phil Recap: Drug-Abusing Teen Persuaded to Give Center for Discovery a …
Dr. Phil Recap: Drug-Abusing Teen Persuaded to Give Center for Discovery a …
Dr. Phil tells us that Brianna thinks, “So what? I'm not using major drugs.” Brianna doesn't understand why her mom “is making such a big deal out of her admitted use of Xanax, Molly, PCP, heroin and alcohol.” A woman in the audience is upset and …
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What your coffee does to you
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Speakers Share Their Journeys of a Life Impacted by Addiction
Speakers share their journeys of a life impacted by addiction
Parents, students and teachers attended Troup County Prevention Coalition's town hall meeting Wednesday evening at the Lafayette Garden Inn to listen to first-hand experiences from two men affected by prescription drug addiction. The two speakers are …
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Drug days behind him, former Oatkan Knight gets another shot at life and football
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Forum on Drug Abuse Hears From Recovering Addicts – CBS Local
Forum On Drug Abuse Hears from Recovering Addicts – CBS Local
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Forum On Drug Abuse Hears from Recovering Addicts CBS Local (AP) _ The president's top adviser on drug policy urged those recovering from drug addiction to give hope to others by speaking out, saying that stigma and denial about substance abuse are obstacles to treatment. Michael Botticelli, acting director of … Forum on drug abuse hears from recovering addicts – CBS 3 Springfield –… Continue reading |
Meds, Lack of Oversight Put Emphasis on Survival
Meds, lack of oversight put emphasis on survival
"Zoloft, Zyprexa, Trazodone, a lot of stuff I couldn't even pronounce," she says. "I was depressed. I hated my life. … As a little girl, Macklin was physically abused by her father, who had a drug addiction and would disappear for days. She spent …
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New thinking on brain-science therapies could help foster kids
Therapies based on brain science — and… Continue reading
Help Please!?
Question by Annie: Help Please!?
I have a cousin that it’s in drugs my aunt already called every where and nobody wants to help my cousin he is 19 years old and he is using this drug called Cheese, he lives in Dallas, Tx he really needs help he wants to get out of drugs but he needs professional help.
If you please know a place where we can take him please let me know,… Continue reading