Addiction and the Brain – Drug or Alcohol Abuse Is a Disease.

Addiction and the Brain – drug or alcohol abuse is a disease. – Tim Brunson, PhD, talks about how the brain works regarding addictions (alcohol, drug addiction). Why does your brain respond to repeated behavior? How can y…

Students , parents invited to focus groups for youth alcohol and drug abuse

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The community's input through these focus group input will help the Coalition in build a strategic framework for their substance abuse prevention efforts for the next three years. According to a news release, the organization received a threeÐyear …
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Study: Drugs, Alcohol Are Top Concerns

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Heroin abuse is the top reason, by far, for residents seeking out substance abuse treatment, and the City has an opiate death rate that is twice as high as the state average (10 people died of heroin overdoses in 2008). The responses around mental …
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Be drug smart during the summer holidays

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“The way in which people take drugs can increase or decrease the risks to their health, so it is vital they have access to advice on how to take them to help reduce the risk. This includes not mixing them with alcohol or other drugs, always taking them …
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Recovering alcoholic from Hampstead walks 30 miles for addiction charity

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While most revellers at Glastonbury were in for a hedonistic time last weekend, one Hampstead resident was marching to the beat of a different drum as he undertook a gruelling trek to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol and drug addiction …
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