Matter of Substance: Drug Addiction as Disease, Not Subject of Shame
Matter of substance: Drug addiction as disease, not subject of shame
Filed under: drug addiction
He watched friends die from drugs. He lost touch with his family. He thought of suicide. But he found the Addiction Resource Center at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, which he described to the Sun Journal as “a second chance I really didn't deserve.” …
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Fixing up bikes— and his life
Filed under: drug addiction
After more than two decades of drug addiction, 33 days in jail getting clean and a month back at home trying to figure out how to stay that way, Kevin Davis answered a knock on his door. It was a boy, 13 or 14 years old, who asked Davis if he could …
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Regular marijuana use by teens continues to be a concern
Filed under: drug addiction
Those who used marijuana heavily before age 18 (when the brain is still developing) showed impaired mental abilities even after they quit taking the drug. These findings are consistent with other studies showing a link between prolonged marijuana use …
Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)
Group intervention prog held at police drug de-addiction centre
Filed under: drug addiction
Shafi along with in charge of the centre Dr. Mohammad Muzaffer Khan discussed the scenario and policies of Drug abuse, the medico-socio and legal consequences of the drug addiction. Dr. Shafi also elaborated and had a firsthand experience about the …
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106 & Park: Eminem on drugs, addiction and rehab – Highlight: Eminem talks about his recovery process.
From Twitter:
drug addiction aint nuttin to play wit…shiddd addiction period – by _FREEMO (shiddd)
From Twitter:
If you encourage someone’s drug addiction/ do it with them then don’t cry when something bad happens #WhyIHateTV #NoSympathy #HelpThemStop – by WhitneyStarcher (Whitney ?)
From Twitter:
@ThisIsEricsTrip not worth it. I always buy them and stop using after a week. Which sounds like I’m conquering a drug addiction. I’m not. – by coralekennedy ( CorReef)