Op-Ed: Mark Mullan Has a Treatable Disease: Addiction

Op-ed: Mark Mullan has a treatable disease: addiction

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse help

This includes people who have suffered horrific abuse as children, those who have gone to treatment multiple times (some more than 10 times), and many who have been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Today they are drug- and …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Rates Increase in the Western United States, Northwest …

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The two alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers offer an alternative to the 12 step/AA model of addiction treatment by utilizing a holistic program that focuses on the underlying issues of substance dependency, rather than attributing addiction to an …
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Guest View: Domestic violence death cries out for sensitivity

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse help

As more women have entered substance abuse treatment, underlying problems of mental illness and trauma stemming from histories of abuse have emerged. What was once viewed as either an "addiction" or "domestic violence" or "mental health" problem …
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Ontario's doctors say province needs to address its 'drinking problem'

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She said the government funds a number of initiatives aimed at tackling alcohol and drug abuse, and it wants to make sure those efforts get results. "It's important that… where programs are effective, we continue to support and perhaps expand, and …
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