war on drugs

Casey Affleck to Write/direct Biopic of Baseball Phenom Josh Hamilton

Casey Affleck to write/direct biopic of baseball phenom Josh Hamilton

Filed under: Chicago Drug Addiction Help

The sometime-actor has been hired to write and direct a biopic of baseball phenom Josh Hamilton, who came back from the depths of drug addiction in the early-mid-'00s to become a five-time MLB All-Star with the Texas Rangers (following a single season …
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'Silver Linings Playbook,' Directed by David O. Russell

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Inside the Psyche of the 1%

Inside the Psyche of the 1%

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

Reid precautions his readers: “We must stop identifying with the chronic criminal, and stop allowing him to manipulate our misplaced guilt about treating him as he is: qualitatively different from the rest of us. [3]. The author ….. As for a drug …
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Health briefs 11-17

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Idaho DUI Courts Helping Change, Improve Lives

Idaho DUI courts helping change, improve lives

Filed under: drug abuse treatment cost analysis program

"He chose to wake up." Before they are admitted, everyone who applies to DUI court takes a test to determine the level of their addiction and how likely they are to reoffend. … The ignition interlock that tests for alcohol in a client's vehicle costs …
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Drug companies and doctors are starting to tackle pain as an ailment in its

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John McAfee: 'I Don't See Myself as Paranoid'

John McAfee: 'I don't see myself as paranoid'

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He says he sold another internet telephony startup, Tribal Voice, for $ 17m in 1999, founded a yoga institute, wrote books about spirituality and helped build a rehab centre in Hawaii. Around the time of his … McAfee began selling his properties in …
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Marijuana Legalization Laws A Good Start, Says Eugene Jarecki, 'The House I

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MOVIE REVIEW: A Tale of Addiction, Acts of God and Heroism Takes “Flight”

MOVIE REVIEW: A tale of addiction, acts of God and heroism takes “Flight”

Filed under: drug addiction movies

If a movie were a plane, then this one carries the crew you'd want on board. In addition to Washington and Reilly, who appeals as the trying-to-recover addict, there's John Goodman and Don Cheadle. Tamara Tunie (“Law & Order: SVU”) has a fine moral …
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Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki examines war on drugs with 'House I Live In'

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Reaching Vets Falling Through the Cracks

Reaching Vets Falling through the Cracks

Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans

SPH has long been a leader in developing web-based screening and intervention programs for substance abuse, including QuitNet, begun in 1995, which has helped millions of people stop smoking, and AlcoholScreening.org, which was launched in the early …
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For veterans, a place to find some help

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