Over 2500 Community Advocates to Participate in Community Anti-Drug …

Over 2500 Community Advocates to Participate in Community Anti-Drug …

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30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 2,500 substance abuse prevention and treatment specialists from throughout the country will convene in the Washington, D.C. area for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's (CADCA) 23rd annual National …
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Prescription drug abuse still a problem

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Heroin like Oxycontin is an opiate. It's also cheaper on the street to buy Heroin than it is Oxycontin. A drug treatment facility in Louisville tells me at a 30 bed facility 28 of those beds are filled with heroin addicts in recovery. Heroin addiction …
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Charles Peabody comes clean in 'The Privileged Addict'

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What finally worked was a program in New Hampshire, where addicts rigorously apply steps to recovery, such as surrendering to a higher power and making amends, as prescribed in “Alcoholics Anonymous,” called “The Big Book,” first published in 1939 and …
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