Dana’s Poem for Families of Drug Addicts – Dana wrote and reads a powerful poem her family’s struggle with her son’s addiction to pain killers after an accident. It is a beautifully written and powerf…

Lacking Rules, Insurers Balk at Paying for Intensive Psychiatric Care

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… doctors told her mother, Cathy Morelli, that it was not safe for Melissa to go home. But the family's health insurance carrier would not continue to pay for her to remain in the hospital. … A federal law, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction …
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Government should not ban sales of e-cigarettes

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ProSmoke, an e-cigarette brand, says that smokers need high levels of nicotine to help them quit, otherwise their bodies react to a drastic nicotine level drop. ABC News states that researchers also found a significantly low number of toxins in e …
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