drug addiction

How Do I Help My Family Member?


 

How Do I Help My Family Member? – Hazelden’s Vice President of Public Affairs William C. Moyers sat down with FOX 4 News in Kansas City to discuss why addiction is a family disease, and how t…

 

Heroin pushers raise concern in Lamar

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Based on several tips law enforcement has received and information received from those who have become addicted, there are several men giving free heroin to kids and adults to get them addicted and leave them wanting the drug more and more, Faull said …
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What Are the Medications Being Used for Addiction Treatment?

Question by darian f: What are the medications being used for addiction treatment?
I have an acquaintance who does heroin and have just started going to an addiction treatment program. I was surprised to know that they are being made to take medication. What is this for and what are the usual drugs that are used for addiction treatments.

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What Is the Best Way to Get Off Opioid Drugs?

Question by fran g: What is the best way to get off opioid drugs?
I have a relative who after 15 years of drug addiction is still unable to kick the habit. He began by using heroin, then got into methadone treatment, then into methadose treatment and is currently taking anti-anxiety medication.

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Answer by Doc
You should ask a doctor, we are ordinary people. So… methadone maintenance, a little morphine, to narcotics, then taper off, then none.

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Russell Brand v Peter Hitchens on Drug Addiction (10/08/2012)


 

Russell Brand V Peter Hitchens on Drug Addiction (10/08/2012) – Russell Brand, Chip Somers, Peter Hitchens and David Burrowes MP debate approaches to the treatment of drug addition with Stephanie Flanders on Newsnight (br…

 

Drugaddicted babies focus of new U.P. health campaign

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MARQUETTE – According to a recent University of Michigan study, one baby is born addicted to prescription and non-prescription drugs every hour in the United States. Many of these newborns are diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), …
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Miley Cyrus Smoking Weed!


 

Miley Cyrus Smoking Weed! – Several photos of Miley Cyrus smoking weed have surfaced! http://bit.ly/SubClevverNews – Subscribe Now! http://Twitter.com/ClevverNews – Follow Us! http://Tw…

 

Ricki Raymond Fehr Faces Drug Charges After Marijuana, Cash Found

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Officers were investigating allegations that someone was bringing marijuana to inmates. Fehr has been charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime. He is scheduled to appear in …
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Take a Side on the Following Commentary Regarding Illegal Drug Use. Do You Agree or Not?

Question by juni: Take a side on the following commentary regarding illegal drug use. Do you agree or not?
case has been made that drug use in itself is not the problem – that the real problem is an economic and social one and that drug abuse is only a symptom of underlying conditions such as unemployment, racial inequality, and the erosion of family values. This argument states that drug abuse will diminish when these problems are solved. Is this a valid argument?

Comment on at least three other students’ responses; demonstrate how you can make this issue a little clearer from various sides.