Prevention Key to Addressing Drug Abuse
Prevention key to addressing drug abuse
BEIRUT: Often cited by authorities and experts as the most effective defense against abuse and addiction among adolescents, methods of prevention are underfunded in Lebanon despite the rise in drug use among youths. “Experts suggest that when tackling …
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Do / April 2014 / Wrestling legend Iron Sheik sounds off on that 'no good …
Magen: Like Canada has hockey, Iran has wrestling. It's the sport everyone was to be successful in. The movie isn't what I expected — you've had a pretty tragic turn in your life. What caused your drug addiction? Toughest sport in the world is pro …
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More Somerville Families Opening Up About Heroin Addiction – Wicked Local Littleton
More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction – Wicked Local Littleton
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More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction
Wicked Local Littleton The names change but the story is the same. For Vicky Westcott, it's a story that more people need to hear. Only close family friends knew about her son Tommy's problem while he was alive, but nowadays when people ask what happened to him, she tells … |
State learns more in fight against heroin epidemic at panel of legislators in … – WatertownDailyTimes.com
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State learns more in fight against heroin epidemic at panel of legislators in …
WatertownDailyTimes.com AMANDA MORRISON • WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES. Chelsea Mulcahy tears up while giving a testimony about the life of her boyfriend, who struggled with heroin addiction until his death, during the New York State Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction … State learns more in the fight against heroin |
Overdose Victim: Make Narcan Available to All Who Need It
Overdose Victim: Make Narcan Available To All Who Need It
– Monroe News photo by KIM BRENT Mike McKeone struggled with a heroin addiction for 3 years. When he overdosed, it was Narcan that saved his life. Narcan is carried by firefighter/paramedics as well as ambulance paramedics and blocks opiates from being absorbed, thereby stopping an overdose.
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Sunday's Double-Sainthood Is Not Without Controversy
Sunday's double-sainthood is not without controversy
Churches will remain open all night Saturday for prayer vigils ahead of the mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, to honor two Roman Catholic leaders whose pontificates spanned from the height of the Cold War with the Cuban missile crisis to the fall …
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Natalie Cole shares secret to beating addiction
She's going to do what she learned to do in recovery meetings, Cole said: "Tell them what happened, what it was like – and what it's like now." Cole tried marijuana in high school; in college … "Not everybody was addicted." Cole, though, became …
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Heroin Hits Close to Home – Coastal Point
Heroin hits close to home – Coastal Point
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Heroin hits close to home
Coastal Point Even though there are drugs that keep people off of heroin, when you withdrawal from that it's worse than the heroin,” he said. “It'll make the first week of detox bearable, but if you continue to do it after that, you're just going to get addicted to … |
More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction – Wicked Local Orleans
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More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction
Wicked Local Orleans The names change but the story is the same. For Vicky Westcott, it's a story that more people need to hear. Only close family friends knew about her son Tommy's problem while he was alive, but nowadays when people ask what happened to him, she tells … |
Kicking the Habit: Staying Clean and Sober
Kicking the habit: staying clean and sober
“I never had success with detox or rehab and always went back around my old friends and back to my old behavior.” … Although Davis is taking it one day at a time, her long-range goals are to move on with her life and get her GED, go to college to …
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Chronicling a heroin addict's life
The withdrawal was hell, and Jonathan said he never wanted to go through anything like that again. But he relapsed, again and again. Eventually he started doing something he vowed he never would: inject heroin. Of his group of 10 friends, one was dead, …
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