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From Serving Their Country to Sleeping on Its Streets

From serving their country to sleeping on its streets

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To deal with these flashbacks and the stigma of being a veteran of Vietnam — a war many Americans opposed — Vasquez and many of his fellow veterans turned to alcohol or drugs. "When I first came home I used to drink a lot," Vasquez said. "My …
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Updated: Chris Gregoire issues 6 pardons in final days as Washington governor

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Report: Invest in Drug Treatment Instead of Punishment

Report: Invest in Drug Treatment Instead of Punishment

Filed under: drug abuse treatment centers

Douglas Denton, executive director of Homeward Bound, a Dallas-based substance abuse treatment center, said that for people who suffer from addiction — which is classified by the American Medical Association as a diagnosable chronic disease akin to …
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Living through recovery: Christopher Kennedy Lawford on addiction

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Counselor Put Focus on Adolescents

Counselor put focus on adolescents

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ARC Manor is a nonprofit agency dedicated to the prevention, education, intervention and treatment of abuse and addiction to alcohol and other drugs such as tobacco. The adolescent services program is in partnership with the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion …
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Tight purse strings, longer wait times

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Waikato DHB Mental Health and Addictions director of clinical services Dr Rees Tapsell said these figures were a fraction of the increase in children's substance addiction – his team deals only with high-end addictions. The overuse of ADHD medication …
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Substance Abuse Expert: Increased Marijuana Use Will Lead to More Crowded

Substance abuse expert: Increased marijuana use will lead to more crowded

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… the former director of a local addiction treatment program for adolescents and their families and a member of the Kent County Prevention Coalition, a local substance abuse prevention organization focused on reducing adolescent use of alcohol and drugs.
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BCGEU and HEU calling for restored funding to vital addictions services

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Is There Any Kind of Doctor or Like Clinic That Could Diagnose a Hard Drug Addiction?

Question by Eric: Is there any kind of doctor or like clinic that could diagnose a hard drug addiction?
Or a type of hypnosis? To help someone in my family quit drugs? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Best answer:

Answer by ToxLabRat
Just about any doctor can make a diagnosis in the case of a patient presenting with drug abuse and dependency issues. Addiction is pretty simple to spot. It is the formulation of an approach which encompasses both therapeutic rehabilitation as well as the managing of physiological repercussions which manifests as those symptoms most associate with detoxing or withdrawal from the drug(s).

What Is Special About the Adolescent Subculture?

Question by james cb: What is special about the adolescent subculture?
What is special about the adolescent subculture?
Who or what is this subculture? Adolescents are of great concern for all when it comes to drug abuse treatment. What is special about the adolescent (in any culture) that makes this population or subgroup different to work with than adults or children?

Best answer:

Answer by Mason
Adolescent subculture is malignant and must be crushed.

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