drug abuse
drug abuse
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by Scott James - 2007-04-27
It is said that addiction can be defined in a great many ways and examples. Perhaps the most obvious one being the view that addiction is an unhealthy dependency on any substance or form of activit...
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by Jon Arnold - 2007-05-05
Alcohol abuse and drug abuse are reaching all time highs in this nation. Many people do not even realize or acknowledge that they are an addict. The term "addict" conjures up images of someone who ...
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by Dusty Lindemann - 2007-05-21
When someone realizes they may be suffering from a mental health issue it can be overwhelming trying to determine where to turn for help. Most communities offer services to people suffering with menta...
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by Annabelle Rox - 2007-07-04
Drug addiction is a state of being that is characterised by the compulsive intake and intoxication of a drug. It is the compulsion to consume the drug, regardless of the negative consequences. It can ...
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by Rod MacTaggart - 2007-07-11
Alcohol or drug abuse affects 25 million Americans; only four million get treatment The need in this country for increased insurance coverage for alcohol and drug addiction treatment is indisput...
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by Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson - 2007-07-12
Anna drinks almost a bottle of vodka a day. She was recently hospitalized for dehydration due to a fall. She has lost ten pounds in the past two months. She lives alone with her dog as her main com...
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by Rod MacTaggart - 2007-08-02
Since the defeat of the Taliban government in 2001, Taliban insurgents have regained control of the southern poppy-growing regions. The country's opium trade is back to supplying 92% of the worl...
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by Rod - 2007-08-08
Nearly 70 teenagers with various substance abuse and addiction problems have been forced to check into alcohol and drug detox facilities in the nine months since Canada's Province of Manitoba passed l...
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by Rod - 2007-08-08
When we Americans think of Scotland, we picture men in kilts playing the bagpipes in quaint country villages, or perhaps the mysterious Loch Ness Monster. The reality of modern Scotland is much like o...
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by Rod - 2007-08-10
Barry Bonds, the San Francisco Giants' love-him-or-hate-him home-run king, connected with home run number 756 against the Washington Nationals this week, surpassing Hank Aaron's legendary 755 and secu...