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| A Hyderabad, Pakistan drug rehabilitation doctor is trying to free his poor neighborhood from a damaging, addictive local drug, which he helped get declared illegal. Local drug manufacturers and pushers are threatening the doctor if he doesn't stop this work. |
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| Described as the “best educational video ever produced on the methamphetamine problem” Moonshadow Productions announced today that it earned five national awards for the educational video Choose Life or Choose Meth. |
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| Alcohol addiction is the great equalizer, it can befall anyone. The new Alcohol Freedom Blog is available to provide information and expert insight into problem drinking and alcoholism. The blog was created by distinguished alcohol addiction expert Michael Pearlman, M.D. It is intended to assist those people who are suffering with alcohol dependence problems and require help. Recovering alcoholics will also find the Alcohol Freedom Blog useful. |
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| How much is too much? Are video games addictive? And at what point should a parent be con-cerned? Psychiatrist and gamer Kourosh Dini, MD, helps parents find out the answers to these questions and more in his new book, "Video Game Play and Addiction: A Guide for Parents." |
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| Starr Commonwealth’s Hannah Neil Center in Columbus will celebrate the opening of MyPlace, a pioneering new independent living program designed to help promising teens overcome their past and successfully complete their transition into responsible adulthood. |
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| Results-oriented program on understanding and overcoming eating addictions to begin in May. |
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| On May 5, 2008, the FDA is holding a hearing to discuss approving what Purdue Pharma claims is "a safer formulation" of OxyContin--"legal heroin" according to talk-show host Larry G. Larry Golbom, host of The Prescription Addiction Radio show, will be presenting information at the upcoming FDA hearing on May 5. On April 27 and May 4, Larry G will discuss his upcoming presentation on The Prescription Addiction Radio Show - Breaking the Silence on WGUL 860 AM, Tampa, Florida. |
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| Living with an alcoholic partner, parent, child or relative can be a lonely and frightening experience. Linwood Manor research shows steps that can be taken today to start them on the road to recovery. |
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| According to Mr. John Giordano -- Founder and President of G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center in North Miami Beach, Florida -- under age drinking and drug abuse is growing exponentially. The nonmedical use of prescription drugs among young adults increased by nearly 20% percent in one year, due largely to an increase in the nonmedical use of pain relievers. The average age when a youth first try alcohol is 11 years for boys and 13 years for girls. On this anniversary of Alcohol Awareness Month,' April, Mr. Giordano wants parents to know the perils their children face every day... |
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| Lexington Center for Recovery (LCR), one of the leading providers of alcohol and substance abuse treatment in the Hudson Valley, has developed a program for adolescents to promote a sober lifestyle. The program was established with $308,000 provided by New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). |
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