Drug Menace: Addicts Give De-Addiction Treatment a Miss

Published July 8, 2013

Drug menace: Addicts give de-addiction treatment a miss

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As many as 51 drug addicts, who were addicted to ganja, heroin, charas, tablets or any other substances, have availed de-addiction treatment at two prominent de-addiction centres in the city in the past three years. While Prajna Counselling Centre …
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Marijuana's march toward mainstream confounds feds

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"What we're doing is not working," says Dr. Christian Thurstone, a psychiatrist whose Denver youth substance abuse treatment center has seen referrals for marijuana double since September. In addition, he sees young people becoming increasingly …
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Kenya's President Kenyatta Declares War On Drug Abuse

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"These statistics underline the need to educate our young people on the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse; and this is indeed very urgent." The opening of the conference came a week after Kenyan authorities deported six Nigerians on … NACADA was …
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