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Recreational Therapy As Part Of Addiction Treatment

Recreational Therapy As Part Of Addiction Treatment — Recreational therapy is an important part of recovery that has patients doing recreational activities together. This proves to be beneficial especially for c…


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Addiction Denial

Addiction Denial — Ed O’ Reilly, Program Director at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic in Dublin, Ohio, offers tips on starting the conversation about drug and alcohol abuse wit…


Shrug the drug problem
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'He's gone forever': A Somerville family looks back on years of addiction

'He's gone forever': A Somerville family looks back on years of addiction
But according to activists, these deaths are not a new occurrence and are exclamation points on a deeper, decades-old problem Mark McLaughlin, a close friend of Alex Foster's… Continue reading

Amphetamine Abuse (strange symptom)?

Question by lancee813: Amphetamine Abuse (strange symptom)?
I know someone (60 yrs. old) who was abusing dexadrine and then adderall for over a year, during this time I noticed that they were constantly humming this short tune, over… Continue reading

Heroin-related deaths rising in Minnesota

Heroin-related deaths rising in Minnesota
According to data from the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services, the number of people admitted to drug treatment when heroin was the primary drug used was 450 in 1993, compared with 4,519… Continue reading

Heroin use rising in Arkansas; drug deaths rare – San Francisco Chronicle

Heroin use rising in Arkansas; drug deaths rare – San Francisco Chronicle

Heroin use rising in Arkansas; drug deaths rare
San Francisco Chronicle
While heroin use has grown since nearly a decade ago, the state's health department says prescription drug… Continue reading