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BioCorRx Opening Addiction Recovery Clinic in Atlanta

...  opening addiction recovery clinic in Atlanta The use of alcohol alone or with drugs accounted for almost one-half of treatment admissions in Atlanta, data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse showed. It also ranks first among drug-related crisis call reasons in Atlanta in 2012, with a total …… Continue reading

Curtis Trotter: Addiction: Why Can't They Just Stop?

...  Trotter: Addiction: Why can't they just stop? Statistics prove there are nearly 30 million people suffering from the disease of addiction, and most individuals have been affected either directly or indirectly by addiction. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, substance abuse is our … Read more… Continue reading

Weight Gain After Quitting Opiates?

...  on The Star BeaconHeroin problem is nothing new to experts But that rising drug use has been steady all along – just unnoticed by the public and media, addiction experts say. At least 140 heroin overdose deaths statewide were reported between November 2013 and February 2014, according to… Continue reading

Drug Rehab Albuquerque | Alcohol Rehab in Albuquerque | Drug Rehab Albuquerque

...  alcohol rehab … Where is our outrage over child abuse? By Marcia McCann / Albuquerque resident. PUBLISHED: Sunday, April … Especially since child terrorists are so well shielded by family, friends, churches and the authorities who don't do the job of punishing child terrorists appropriately, let alone … Read… Continue reading

Georgia Explores Medical Marijuana Options

...  explores medical marijuana options The 1980 law requires any marijuana used in the program to be obtained from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and must be used and prescribed in accordance with FDA and DEA regulations, which also prohibit the drug from being transported across … Read more… Continue reading

Amphetamine Abuse (Strange Symptom)?

...  hydrochloride, the crystal form inhaled by smoking, is referred to as ice, crystal, glass and tina. Methamphetamine affects the brain and can create feelings of pleasure, increase energy and elevate mood. Abusers may become addicted quickly, needing higher doses more often. Adverse health effects include irregular heartbeat, increased blood… Continue reading

Better Knowledge of Drug-Abuse Science Guides New Treatment Approaches

...  Knowledge of Drug-Abuse Science Guides New Treatment Approaches — Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, discusses advances in the understanding of drug addiction that are hoped to lead to new … More Drug Abuse Treatments ...

Christie Touts Drug Court Program in Accepting Award From Somerset County

...  content. Drug treatment, traffic safety and animal abuse on the agenda for upcoming West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meetings. 10/11/2013. Richard Miller with the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council shared the following details on … Read more on Westseattleherald.com  The Source: Addiction Treatment Providers Feel The Squeeze |… Continue reading

Fla. Investigation Launched Into MLB Drug Clinic

...  open to students who overcome drugs Filed under: Drug Abuse Houston Attorney General Jack Conway announced a new scholarship on Monday that's targeted to high school seniors who have been impacted by prescription drug abuse, either as a recovering addict, as the child of an addict or in some… Continue reading

Orange Is the New Black's Radical Critique of American Prisons

...  Radical Critique of American Prisons Filed under: drug rehab treatment programs But anyone morally uncomfortable with the lockup of nonviolent drug offenders, or the inadequacy of rehab programs for inmates, or the prioritization of cost-cutting over adequate healthcare can find support in Piper and Tricia and Sophia's stories …… Continue reading