Anyone Who Has Overcome Addiction to cocaine…I Could Use Some Words Right Now.?

Question by lina.trepasso: anyone who has overcome addiction to cocaine…I could use some words right now.?

i appreciate everyones kind words, i just am struggling, I started using 2 years ago and haven’t stopped, I am a teacher and in law school, and i just wish i could be satisfied… Continue reading

Scituate Forum Hears Plea to Battle Drug Addiction With Love – Wicked Local Scituate

Scituate forum hears plea to battle drug addiction with love – Wicked Local Scituate

Scituate forum hears plea to battle drug addiction with love
Wicked Local Scituate
Perry, like others who spoke, said that eliminating the stigma that comes with addiction is the first step to solving the South Shore's… Continue reading

Is It Time for in-Patient Center?

Question by Courtney L: Is it time for In-Patient center?
So I’m 20, sophomore in college and since i was about 13 ive been consumed with overwhelming sadness and depression. When I was about 14 I started self-mutalating and after a year I started doing it everyday. When I was… Continue reading

I. HealthCare.gov Reaches Milestone

I. HealthCare.gov Reaches Milestone
But unlike in the disastrous launch of the program last October — a milestone that also set records — the centers braced for the surge and handled it relatively well this time, from a technical perspective. There were …. Arguably both the EMTALA …
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Project Backpage Uses Text-Messages to Help Women Involved in Prostitution

Project Backpage uses text-messages to help women involved in prostitution
Several women who received the texts have subsequently phoned CEASE or Chrysalis looking for assistance with a variety of issues, such as drug addiction and career options. The responses have also revealed new … She takes the view that… Continue reading

Watson: Treating Drug Addiction Needs Less Stigma

Watson: Treating drug addiction needs less stigma
An estimated 15 percent of high school seniors have tried prescription drugs (for fun) within the past year. As the availability of opioid prescriptions has become more restricted — a deliberate crackdown — and the street price of those drugs has …
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Hollywood Star Donates to Local Rehab Center

Hollywood Star Donates to Local Rehab Center
Actor Richard Gere donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Livengrin Foundation, a local drug and alcohol rehab group. Gere donated the money while filming his new film "Franny" in Philadelphia. … “Mr. Gere's team researched the many excellent …
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Obama Gets Bill Giving Docs Temporary Medicare Fix

Obama gets bill giving docs temporary Medicare fix
Manufacturers of certain drugs to treat kidney disease catch a break, as do dialysis providers and the state of California, which receives increases in Medicare physician fees in 14 counties such as San Diego and Sacramento that are designated as rural …… Continue reading