Montgomery County Officials Examine Drug Prevention for Teens as Use Soars
Montgomery County officials examine drug prevention for teens as use soars
Filed under: drug treatment news 2011
Emergency calls for oxycodone overdoses doubled in Maryland between 2007 and 2011, state data show, and the number of people seeking treatment for prescription drugs rose from 3,400 in 2007 to more than 7,000 in 2010. Multiple deaths in Damascus …
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Kane Drug Court Has 'write' Idea
Kane drug court has 'write' idea
Filed under: drug treatment news 2011
Recovering addicts in Kane County's Drug Rehabilitation Court will get a chance to show artwork and essays they have created and completed in the 2nd annual Fine Art and Writing Show this week. Scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the …
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Review of Cycling Integrity Must Consider the Lessons of History
Review of cycling integrity must consider the lessons of history
Filed under: drug addiction newspaper
I am a current NHMRC Career Development Fellow (2011-14), collaborating CI on an ARC Discovery Project (Addiction and moral identity), and recipient of Victoria University funding to review the history of drugs in Australian cycling since the 1800s …
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Mexico Eyes Legalization of Marijuana in Two US States Warily
Mexico eyes legalization of marijuana in two US states warily
Filed under: drug addiction newspaper articles
"It has to be approached as a foreign policy issue, because Mexico doesn't have a drug use problem – it's the United States that has a drug abuse problem." According to the report, "Si los vecinos legalizan" (If the neighbors legalize), produced by …
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End Zone: SHOCKING Stories of Armstrong's Bullying
End Zone: SHOCKING stories of Armstrong's bullying
Filed under: drug addiction newspaper
Doping might sometimes be a victimless crime, but not in the case of Lance Armstrong, whose drug abuse and illicit blood transfusions created a phony empire of wealth, adulation and power that had to be protected at all costs. The Armstrong myth was so …
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Baby Faith Has a Drug Habit to Kick
Baby Faith has a drug habit to kick
Filed under: drug treatment news stories
Read Ruth Lamperd's extraordinary story of the battle to save a tiny girl born addicted to drugs. FAITH jittered and cried. … She lay in the special care nursery under blue lights and sunshades to treat jaundice common in newborns. Baby Faith has …
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