Addiction Beat: Learning From the Red Cross

Addiction Beat: Learning From the Red Cross

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In October of last year, I wrote an article for the Huffington Post titled Tough Love is a Joke – Let's Start Enabling Drug Addicts Everywhere. Unsurprisingly, not everyone liked the piece. In the article, I explained that most (maybe all) harm …
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Baby Born With Drug Addiction in US

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The boy was born on October 15th at St Mary's Medical Centre in West Palm Beach. Both the baby and his one year old brother have been taken into care, as their mother faces charges of aggravated child abuse. The little boy is now attached to a …
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Drug abuse rises among women

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According to statistics issued by the National Committee for Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, around 35 cases of drug abuse by women were registered in 2011 as compared to only 25 in the year 2010. Seven drug abuse cases among women were …
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Senate Panel Takes Aim at Prescription Drug Abuse

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Speaking Tuesday at a Senate panel hearing on prescription drug abuse, doctors and law enforcement officials touted the importance of agencies sharing information to more effectively look for pharmacies and doctors involved in the usage of prescription …
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