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It’s No Surprise that Drug Use Goes Up as Jobs Go Away
Reports from Florida show that when economic stresses mount related to unemployment, more people may be reaching for a pill. Particularly, in this region, OxyContin obtained illicitly, as from a drug...
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The first thing that you need to know about helping a friend who is a drug addict or alcoholic is that you should not wait. The longer that you postpone taking action to help your friend, the harder it...
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Raising Awareness on Alcohol Addiction
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an event sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD). Recently, the NCADD announced that the theme for this year’s event is “Help...
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Are Opiate Replacement Drugs Being Recommended to Treat Alcoholism
Can opiate replacement drugs be used to treat alcoholism, and just as importantly, should they? The New York Times published an article recently which weighed in on these issues, “Drugs to Aid...
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The New and Dangerous Drinking Game: Neknominate
Have you heard of neknominate? Have you been neknominated yet? You may have no idea what that word means, but there is a good chance that your kids do. If they’re in their teens or early twenties, in...
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Alcohol-related Drownings – Preventable Deaths
Picture a group of young men or women going out on a winter’s evening. They’re going to have dinner and then hang out at a bar for awhile. Maybe there’s a lot of people they know at the bar and they...
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Alcohol in Country Music
Could These Songs Be Encouraging Young People to Drink even More? An article on The Guardian website details the alcoholic content of recent country music songs. Sure, country music has always tended...
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Alcohol Abuse Treatment and Self Help Guide
Hoping to quit drinking and get sober but don’t know how? have you tried to quit in the past but failed for whatever reason? Maybe you just didn’t know how to quit. Though it all begins with the...
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The Two Most Vital Signs of Addiction to Alcohol
Alcoholism can be a tricky problem to diagnose. That’s partly because alcohol is usually slow to addict – for some people, it can take years for them to become full-blown alcoholics. So alcoholism may...
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How Can You Help Someone With a Drinking Problem?
In this country, there are millions of individuals struggling with a drinking problem, and many more family members and other loved ones trying to help them. If you are in this situation, you are...
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