Treatment Centre Says No to Celebrities “Celebrities Give Rehab a Bad Name”
(PRWEB) March 31, 2007
No celebrity would be taken seriously these days without a spell in rehab for drug or alcohol addiction. Whatever the problem – from drug addiction to anger management – time spent in treatment seems to add to the glamour of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. Amy Winehouse recently had chart success singing about not going and there’s a TV sit com about a treatment centre being aired at the moment.… Continue reading
Drug Czar Says Pot Potency Has Doubled in Twenty Years
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2007
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) released the latest analysis from the University of Mississippi’s Potency Monitoring Project. The recent report showed that the current levels of THC have reached the highest-ever since the analysis began in the late 1970’s. THC stands for tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
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Former Meth User Says Drug Wrecks Teeth
Former methamphetamine user Wade Burmley talked Wednesday about how his drug abuse caused severe dental problems. Dentist Mitchell Goodis is working to help such patients.
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People Can Overcome Their Addictions, but Not Quickly, UCLA Psychologist Says
People can overcome their addictions, but not quickly, UCLA psychologist says
Millions of Americans suffer from severe addictions that can ruin lives and are extremely difficult to control. Nearly 2 million enter roughly 12,000 addiction treatment programs in the U.S. each year. And each month, some 15,000 people turn to Adi Jaffe’s All About Addiction websites at www.allaboutaddiction.com and at Psychology Today, which provide information, the …
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Kansas Nursing Home Says: No Patients Got Diluted Drugs
Kansas nursing home says: No patients got diluted drugs
A Kansas nursing home where a nurse with a history of drug abuse allegedly diluted morphine said Thursday that no patients actually got the tampered medicine.
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Increase in College Student Drinking and Drug Use Indicative of Drug War Failure, Says Gary L. Fisher, Ph.D.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 15, 2007
The report issued today on college student binge drinking and drug use by the Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University shows that close to 23% of this group meets the criteria for substance abuse or dependence. Furthermore, there have been increases in the frequency of binge drinking and the use of illegal drugs over the past decade.
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