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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2 drug addiction prevention groups to hold forums Wednesday
The educational forum will feature speakers from the nonprofit Putnam Valley-based Drug Crisis in Our Backyard … 6:30 p.m. at Dover Middle School, located at 2368 New York 22 in Dover Plains. CAPE tries to combat addiction with programs …
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Drug addiction
It is also known as substance dependance. It is defined as a compulsive need to use drugs to function normally. Drug addiction does not only relate to drugs, it includes addiction to prescription medication, alcohol addiction and smoking. A person usually …
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Zac Efron’s Uphill Battle Against Drug Addiction — “High School Musical” star spent time in rehab facility for alleged cocaine abuse.

2 drug addiction prevention groups to hold forums Wednesday
The educational forum will feature speakers from the nonprofit Putnam Valley-based Drug Crisis in Our Backyard, local law enforcement and a person in recovery from addiction. All Dutchess AAPS founders have had “different experiences” and “various …
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Watson: Treating drug addiction needs less stigma
Recently, a cluster of heroin overdoses and deaths on the South Shore of Massachusetts captured public attention and focused both citizens and local and state officials on the issues of drug use, prevention and treatment. Since 1996, when opiate-based …
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