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Why Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick Made Me Sad

Why Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick Made Me Sad

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Over the past decade and a half, I've watched Lohan grow from promising young actress to lawbreaker, drug user, on-again-off-again rehab patient and poster child for what not to do with money and fame.… Continue reading

Health Officials: Athens Has Spiraling HIV Crisis

Health officials: Athens has spiraling HIV crisis

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Athens is seeing an alarming increase in new HIV infections, particularly among intravenous drug users, health officials warned Friday, as Greece struggles through a protracted financial crisis in which funding for health care and drug treatment …… Continue reading

Bakk: 'Other Things to Do' Than Gay Marriage

Bakk: 'Other things to do' than gay marriage

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse in New York reported this summer that 44 percent of high school students know drug dealers in their schools.” The Glean Well, this is just embarrassing … Travel… Continue reading

AIDS Control for Detainees

AIDS control for detainees

Filed under: inpatient drug rehab centers

Around 30,000 were detected at compulsory drug rehabilitation centers, with the rest being discovered at detention centers and prisons, according to Wu Zunyou, director of the National Center for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control and …
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Should Singers Be Concerned About the Message of Their Songs?

Question by schenzy: Should singers be concerned about the message of their songs?
Two examples spring to mind….

1: Avril Levigne’s “Girlfriend” — the message seems to be… It’s a good thing to physically, verbally and psychologically abuse nerds… go out there a kick a nerd’s a*s and steal… Continue reading

'Sins & Secrets': Man Murders Millionaire, Gives Her Money Away to Charity

'Sins & Secrets': Man Murders Millionaire, Gives Her Money Away To Charity

Filed under: drug addiction news stories recent

The story has also been turned into the 2011 controversial dark comedy "Bernie," starring Jack Black, which has many of Nugent's family members up in arms. See more true crime… Continue reading

Addict Treatment 'Better Than Jail'

Addict treatment 'better than jail'

Filed under: free drug addiction treatment

Around seven in 10 people (69%) believe treatment for drug addiction would be the most effective measure to reduce reoffending among women who commit non-violent crimes. The poll of around 1,550 people finds that 68% think support to tackle… Continue reading

Darrell Bellaart: Drug Policy Makes No Sense

Darrell Bellaart: Drug policy makes no sense

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

It's difficult to look at that approach without detecting a hint of hypocrisy, as government locks people up for possession of cannabis, a drug that is not physically addictive, and which has never been associated with a… Continue reading

What Activities or Sessions Are Included in Drug Interventions?

Question by smart alec: What activities or sessions are included in drug interventions?
After three years of heroin addiction, I finally raised the white flag. I give up. I had a long heart-to-heart talk with my mother and we both decided that allowing other people to intervene with my… Continue reading

Actelion Submits the Registration Dossier for Macitentan (Opsumit) to the

Actelion submits the registration dossier for macitentan (Opsumit) to the

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

ALLSCHWIL/BASEL, SWITZERLAND – 22 November 2012 – Actelion (SIX: ATLN) today announced that the submission of the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for macitentan (Opsumit®) for the treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension… Continue reading