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Woman gets house arrest for conspiring to sell heroin
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Rubendall was sentenced in late November to serve 1 to 2 years in state prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to deliver heroin and possession with intent to deliver heroin, Clonazepam and Suboxone. Derck, who is free on bail, was …
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FDA turns down Reckitt's bid to block rival products
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The pharmaceuticals division of the British consumer health goods company makes most of its profit from Suboxone, a treatment containing buprenorphine that allows opiate addicted people cope with ceasing their use. The company had warned that generic …
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FDA Permits Production Of Generic Heroin Drug Against Bid Of Reckitt
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Two generic forms of Reckitt Benckiser's heroin addiction medication have been approved by U.S. regulators, rejecting the company's bid to prevent rival products based on their belief that stricter regulations were needed on packages to better protect …
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This is your brain on drugs
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Will County figures reported last month indicate heroin overdoses surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental deaths for the first time since 1999. Many question … This helps to explain the compulsive drug-seeking behavior that addicts …
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Drug dangers explored at forum
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Carmen Capozzi of Irwin talks to crowd about his son, Sage Capozzi and how he overdosed on heroin, and how he overdosed 3 times before he died of heroin abuse. During prescription drug abuse forum at the Monessen High School. Jim Ference | The …
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Three face drug-induced homicide counts
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Opiate and prescription pill addiction represent the greatest threat to the health and safety of our children and loved ones, and are fueling an increase in drug and property crimes across the region. We must affirm our commitment to fighting this …
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37% need painkillers to go to work
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Nuffield Health warned that long-term use of potentially addictive drugs is "commonplace" after it found that 37% of people who use medication to treat pain say they require drugs to be able to work. And a third of painkiller users are worried about …
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A third of pain sufferers in North West worried about dependency on painkillers
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Gascoigne receives financial help
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Join us. Former England midfielder Gascoigne, who shot to fame at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, was admitted to an intensive care unit over the weekend after he suffered complications while receiving treatment for his addiction to alcohol in a clinic in …
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Vt. lawmakers work to help police crackdown on meth
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"Clearly the police do need to have access in situations where there's evidence of a crime and they can get a warrant to do that," Donahue said. The core concept is simple, but legislators say crafting a comprehensive measure that deals with opiate …
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Bankers Anonymous launched to help banks kick gambling addiction
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Breaking the sugar habit
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'Big Brother' star Josie Gibson went one further, comparing her sugar addiction to being hooked on heroin in one magazine. "Being a …. "If you feel your blood sugar is out of balance, eating some protein with every meal will help," explains Erika …
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Mother, former addict leading grass roots recovery effort
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Charlotte Wethington remembers when she was alone fighting for help for people with addiction problems. Her son Casey died in 2002 of a heroin overdose, and she was determined to carry his light by helping others suffering from the disease of addiction.
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Obama Caught Lying about Sequester
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Obama has been caught red-handed lying about the sequester, the $ 85 billion in automatic budget cuts that commence Friday, unless Congress panics and scuttles this 2.4 percent reduction in Washington's heroin-strength spending addiction.
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Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 1

Betty Ford Center Physician Director Dr. Harry Haroutunian outlines the criteria that defines the disease concept of alcoholism and addiction.

Passages Malibu Recognizes National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and …
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Pax Prentiss, CEO and co-founder of both Passages Malibu and Passages Ventura Addiction Treatment Centers, hopes that Passages can contribute to NEDAwareness Week by bringing attention to the co-occurring nature of eating disorders and substance …
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Housing Project to Help Women on Parole Coming to Bloomington
Filed under: addiction rehab

The money will be used to rehab an apartment building in the 500 block of North Oak Street. Units will be available to women on parole who … If there's an addiction, issues that they still need to be counseled on. So, they're going to be supported …
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