Posts Tagged ‘drug abuse’
Dr. Nora D. Volkow Interview
Substance Abuse Disorder: Dr. Nora D. Volkow Interview
Many of NIDA’s top grantees studying the link between substance abuse and HIV/AIDS were interviewed at the International AIDS Society conference in Vienna, Austria in July 2010. Hear NIDA director Dr. Nora Volkow discuss their research or click on the links below to hear about their work from their own perspectives. www.drugabuse.gov Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: newmedia.hhs.gov
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Substance Abuse Disorder: Number of babies in US with drug withdrawal triples
Disturbing new research says the number of US babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled in a decade because of a surge in pregnant women's use of legal and illegal narcotics, including Vicodin, OxyContin and heroin, researchers say.
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Substance Abuse Disorder: US newborns with drug withdrawal triples
Photo: M. Spencer Green / AP In this Friday, April 27, 2012, photo, Aileen Dannelley speaks during an interview, at the Pilsen Wellness Center where she undergoes treatment and counseling for drug abuse, in Chicago. Dannelley's one month old daughter …
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What’s Your Definition of “abuse”?
Question by My Answers Suck: What’s your definition of “abuse”?
I hang out in celebrity section and notice a lot of people commenting on Chris Brown hitting Rihanna saying he abused her. To me, “abuse” means a habitual occurrence. For this argument we won’t get into whether or not he has done so in the past. So if he hits her on this one occasion — even if going overboard — does that constitute as “physical abuse”?
I was thinking if someone who has never had alcohol gets absolutely plastered one time, they are not considered as alcohol abusers. That term usually conjures up an addicted alcoholic. Same for drugs.
What do you think?
So Beyond Mordant, would you classify this as abuse? When I hear of spousal abuse, I think of battery on more than one occasion. Habitual offense. I can see how your definition would apply, though.
Call to Keep Elizabeth Drug Rehab Program – News Review Messenger
Drug Rehab: Call to keep Elizabeth drug rehab program – News Review Messenger
STAFF, recovering drug users and their families are pleading with the State Government to review its decision not to fund the Elizabeth Grove DrugBeat treatment and rehabilitation program. The abstinence-based program at Sampson Rd’s Shay Louise House …
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Drug Rehab: Free Drug Rehab: There Is Hope – Transworld News
Drug Rehab is a wonderful process of restoring the dignity of individuals who chose to engage in drug abuse and its addiction. This is indeed an ugly phenomenon rearing its ugly head in various nations of the world. The issue of drug addiction …
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Drug Rehab: Exclusive Florida beach town furious after vacant mansion turned into drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic – Daily Mail
A lavish mansion on an exclusive beachfront has been turned into a drug rehabilitation clinic angering its wealthy neighbours. Addiction specialists TLC Recovery have turned the 7,000-square-foot palatial home on the Intercoastal Waterway in Deerfield …
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Drug Abuse Addiction: Bc-Heroin-Suburbs(sh)
Drug Abuse Addiction: bc-heroin-suburbs(sh)
In the fiscal year that ended in July 2011, 171 people, or nearly 14 percent of patients in drug treatment clinics in Placer County, said they were addicted to heroin, up from 8.5 percent the previous year. Placer County is one of the fastest growing …
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Drug Abuse Addiction: Drug Abuse Awareness
That nightmare is the death of his son to the unrelenting grip of drug abuse and addiction. “My son wanted to get sober,” said James Kennedy, a fit, 50-something dad who seems like just about the last guy to tear up. “He died from one of the most …
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Drug Abuse Addiction: Fall River substance abuse coalition holds "town meeting" at BCC
By Derek Vital On Thursday, a group of about 50 people attended a town hall-style meeting at Bristol Community College to discuss the risks of underage drinking and prescription drug abuse. The event was sponsored by the BOLD Coalition, …
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The Summit: Houston's Death Sobering Reminder of Harms of Substance Abuse
Drug Abuse Addiction: The Summit: Houston's Death Sobering Reminder of Harms of Substance Abuse
Sufferers of drug abuse have an addiction to the stimulating or depressing abilities of the drugs they use. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter, plays a major role in the “feel good” stimulation that addicts receive. Cocaine, an illegal drug, blocks in and …
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Drug Abuse Addiction: Celebrity Addicts: Who Dies and Who Survives?
Whitney Houston's death last month from accidental drowning and the effects of cocaine use and heart disease throws a bright light on a dark corner of the world of celebrities who wrestle with substance abuse. The toll of celebrity addiction — to …
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Drug Abuse Addiction: King: Assessing the cost of war against drugs
Just because we give up on enforcement and legalize a drug does not mean that problems associated with its abuse and addiction go way. Yet the mere fact that a government agency such as the DEA would publish a lengthy document advocating the continued …
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The Group: A Documentary – Trailer
Drug Abuse Programs: The Group: A Documentary – Trailer
For more info visit www.indiegogo.com The Group is a A feature-length documentary retracing a young man’s five year journey through the world of adolescent drug abuse programs. Across the country there exists a network of adolescent drug abuse programs known, collectively, as The Group. This organization, while claiming to have rescued thousands of teens from the horrors of drug addiction, has been repeatedly accused of using cult-like practices to control its teenage followers and their concerned families. In 1990, at the age of thirteen, filmmaker Jacob Brady entered The Group and would remain a member for the next five years. During this time he was twice admitted to month-long in-patient hospital stays at group-affiliated facilities, forced to cut ties with family and friends, sent to live across the country with fellow group members and encouraged to drop out of high school. Also, during this time, Jacob became a rising star in the organization. Serving as a Group leader in St. Louis and Atlanta, helping to recruit new members, establishing a new chapter in the Atlanta suburbs, organizing Group-sponsored events and preparing to become a Group counselor. All before he turned eighteen. All without having a drug addiction. The Group is a feature-length documentary that retraces Jacob’s five year journey through the world of adolescent drug abuse programs. Through interviews with former members, archival photographs and expert witnesses, The Group tells the often …
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