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Over 12000 Venezuelan Drug Addicts Treated
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13 de enero de 2012, 14:33Caracas, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's National Addiction Treatment System treated more than 12000 addicts to alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, crack, heroin, ecstasy and other substances in 2011. Head of the System Rafael …
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Proof That Treating Addictions With Drugs Doesn't Work
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"We were hoping for a very different story," said Dr. Gregory N. Connolly, director of Harvard's Center for Global Tobacco Control and a co-author of the study. "I ran a treatment program for years, and we invested" millions in treatment services. …
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Question by candigal: What comes to mind when you think of a “drug addict”?
Are “drug addicts ” bad people? Is drug use a choice? What is the eccomomic status of most people who use drug? What are some of the names people have for drug addicts? Do you think treatment works? How are “addicts” different then “non-addicts”? This is for an essay I am writing. Thanks for your help. Also do you think that there is a certain eithnic group that has a higher rate of substance abuse?

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Answer by Hell’s Own Harlot
Drug addicts are not necessarily bad people. They lack self control and are under a notion that what they want must be gratified RIGHT NOW. They lack any type of concern for how their behavior effects others and personally, I consider it a slow suicide. Treatment only works if you want it to. You have to be motivated and most drug users aren’t. There are not any particular ethnic groups that are more prone to use than any other. You have losers in every race of people.    Read more...

Plan for center to treat addicts creates unease
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Stephen Weinstein, owner of Hometown Paint and Hardware on South Main Street, said the addition of an addiction-treatment center would be counterproductive to efforts to revitalize Natick's downtown. “I think the impact would not be a positive one to …
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Maine Voices: Setting arbitrary deadline would undermine treatment for addiction
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It may seem logical to think that drug addicts should be cured in two years, however, it is not that simple. Suboxone helps patients with few resources to kick addiction to painkillers such as Dilaudid, left, and OxyContin, center and right. …
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Old drug, new hope for addicts
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The difference with naltrexone is that it is not addictive. It is designed to suppress the “pleasure” receptors in the brain which respond to opiates. So when an addict takes a heroin hit, he or she will derive no pleasure, while on the naltrexone …
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Opioid addiction called an 'epidemic'
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By the time I got back home from the hospital, I had a prescription for three opiates in my pocket," he told the panel. "I was amazed someone could just get these so easily. I could have thrown away 17 years of recovery." Les took the prescriptions to …
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Maine Opiate Addicts Often Hooked at Young Age
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And according to the Maine Office of Substance Abuse, treatment admissions for synthetic opiates have been increasing since 2005. Putting a face on opiate addiction is not difficult. It's the delivery driver, the doctor, the neighbor, a family member. …
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Senior Drug Addiction- Part One
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We also hold the title for the highest number of residents seeking treatment for opiate addiction. When you picture someone addicted to prescription pills, typically a senior citizen doesn't come to mind. But there are an alarming number of older …
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Narconon Arrowhead Holds Expansion Event to Reach More Addicts Who Need Recovery
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In late October in Canadian, Oklahoma, fifty people came together to create an alliance that would fight back at drug traffickers, dealers, and substance abuse in America. They were staff from Narconon Arrowhead, a large drug rehabilitation center in …
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The Recovery Place Advises on Alcohol and Drug Addiction During the Holidays
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The Recovery Place Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center provides individualized and client-centered alcohol and drug addiction treatment with multiple programs to fit the needs of any addicted individual. Located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, …
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Narconon Gulf Coast Opens New Educational Center As Part of Successful Rehab
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