Alcoholic Who Drank Over 30 Beers Per Day | Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Alcoholic Who Drank Over 30 Beers per Day | Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center — Alcoholic Who Drank Over 30 Beers per Day | Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center A long-term alcoholic who was known by name in the liquor stores finally makes…
UB researchers granted .7M to study alcohol treatment
A new $ 2.7 million federal grant will advance the study of alcohol treatment programs and how to improve success rates for individuals after treatment. Researchers… Continue reading
Doctors, Medical Staff on Drugs Put Patients at Risk – USA TODAY
Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk – USA TODAY
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Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk USA TODAY Pervasive problem: The latest drug use data from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, released in 2007, indicated that an average of 103,000 doctors, nurses, medical technicians and health care aides a year were abusing … Hospital setting triggers worker drug abuse, theft Drug-addicted health… Continue reading |
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 |
What Causes Addiction?
Question by melon_rose: What causes addiction?
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Answer by Dave Yours Truly
Drug use or abuse crosses the line into drug addiction when you feel you have to have the drug, and you increase the amount of the drug you take. Various factors, such as your personality, your genetic makeup and peer pressure, affect your likelihood of becoming addicted to a drug. In addition, some drugs, such as heroin and cocaine, more quickly produce… Continue reading
DEA: Huge Heroin Ring Supplying Long Island Takes 'Significant Hit'
DEA: Huge heroin ring supplying Long Island takes 'significant hit'
Authorities busted a cartel-affiliated heroin and methamphetamine ring with supply routes to Long Island, making three arrests and netting nearly $ 13 million worth of elaborately hidden drugs, officials said Wednesday. In two Manhattan apartments …
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Sun City Center resident, ex-stripper, writes story of redemption
He's been shot, sued and busted on charges ranging from promoting prostitution to possession of drugs.… Continue reading