What Is Addiction?


 

What is addiction? – In an informal therapy group, Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, discusses addiction as a brain disease with addicts and family members. She notes the enviro…

 

Mother fights for drug awareness

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Smoot told the group's members that “what happened to Cole is happening all over the United States and it's happening every day.” Two other students brought a shoebox full of prescription drugs stolen from … “It's not just a teen problem, it's a …
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For Paula Deen, Management Mess Leads to Career Meltdown

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The company grew from there, and so did the number of family members on its payroll. Deen's profile began to rise …. Worse, she had kept her diagnosis to herself for three years, continuing to promote her signature sweet and fatty dishes until the …
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Man, woman arrested after Tombstone fatal stabbing

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A 33-year-old Phoenix woman has been sentenced to probation and jail time after pleading guilty to child abuse for allowing her two young children to eat aspirin and other pills from bottles. A 33-year-old Phoenix woman has been sentenced to probation …
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