Does North America Have a Heroin Problem Or a Pain Problem?

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I'm a drug recovery nerd. When I'm not working with addicts at my husband's sober living facility, Acadia Malibu, I'm watching YouTube videos created by recovery experts like Dr. Gabor Maté, a groundbreaking addiction specialist who works with addicts …
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Heroin is area's biggest drug problem

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Trolian listed New Beginnings Recovery Services, Mansfield Urban Minority Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Three C Counseling and Family Life Counseling as treatment options. “If people have decent family support, we have outpatient agencies,” Trolian …
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In Myanmar, internal spy network lives on

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In this photo taken on Feb 19, 2013, officers of Myanmar police's anti-drug division stand behind a tree to take pictures and video of The Associated Press journalists interviewing an opium farmer in central Shan state, Myanmar. When an AP team …
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Two women seized for Hong Kong meth smuggling

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"The weight of the suitcase was a bit abnormal," Hui said, adding that the drugs could have been sold for more than two times the Hong Kong price in the Philippines. … It has become a drug of choice for young addicts in Asia. Under Hong Kong law, …
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