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Most Doctors Are Ill-Equipped to Deal With the Opioid Epidemic. Few Medical Schools Teach Addiction. – The New York Times
BOSTON — To the medical students, the patient was a conundrum. According to his chart, he had residual…
Read Article →Meth is making a comeback while America obsesses about opioids
In the shadows of the nationwide opioid crisis, another threat looms. Methamphetamine use is on the rise in small…
Read Article →Imagine if the media covered alcohol like other drugs – Vox
Meet alcohol, the drug making people run around nude and collapse in the streets. What if the media…
Read Article →Can You Get Addicted to Pot? – The Atlantic
America’s Invisible Pot Addicts More and more Americans are reporting near-constant cannabis use, as legalization forges ahead. The…
Read Article →Teens Need Parents Who Understand Addiction
Parents should be upfront about the risk of substance use and at the same time, avoid fear mongering….
Read Article →The Hidden Connection Between Addiction and Mental Illness
Nearly half of all clients walking into addiction treatment have an underlying mental illness. Around 40 percent, to…
Read Article →When Our Teen Struggled With Addiction, My Husband And I Made An Unthinkable Decision | HuffPost
My 15-year-old daughter Hannah threatened to cut off my thumbs, kill me in my sleep, and burn down…
Read Article →Marijuana addiction can mean withdrawal symptoms and psychological dependence
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — For as long as most residents can remember, smoking marijuana has been a part…
Read Article →Disturbing image reveals how alcohol affects your heart
Shocking pictures show the difference between a healthy heart and the heart of someone who drinks too much….
Read Article →Treat Addiction Like Cancer
Two years ago, I spent a week in Houston helping my stepbrother while he underwent treatment for Stage…
Read Article →Binge drinking has become completely normalized’: Has boozy mom culture gone too far?
Social media feeds are rife with memes depicting exhausted women guzzling wine in giant glasses, with phrases like,…
Read Article →Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit
Victoria Toline would hunch over the kitchen table, steady her hands and draw a bead of liquid from…
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