Money, Social Status Are No Match for Addiction, Say Area Drug Counselors

Money, social status are no match for addiction, say area drug counselors

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“I believe there's always hope that a person can get clean even if they have had a period of recovery, which means abstinence from all drugs, and a change in their lifestyle from an addictive lifestyle to a positive recovery-based lifestyle. There is …
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Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger

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Ms. Flanagan chairs the Senate's Special Committee on Drug Abuse and Treatment Options, which held a half-day hearing Monday at Mount Wachusett Community College to get perspectives about what is wrong with the addiction treatment system and how it …
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Bike share program for addicts touts healing power of two-wheels

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Orr was inspired to start the program for addicts living in the Downtown Eastside after using a bike to help with his own recovery three years ago. It was then he took an old Raleigh 10-speed to Our Community Bikes, a repair shop, bicycle-recycling …
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