Basin Kids as Young as Nine Years Old Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment
Basin Kids as Young as Nine Years Old Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment – We’re at the tail end of Red Ribbon week, a national anti-drug campaign with a heavy presence in the Basin. NewsWest 9 met up with local anti-drug leaders to…
Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong
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Sheff says the total cost of drug abuse in the U.S. is more than $ 400 billion a year.) Explains Sheff, “If we stopped looking at people as criminals or degenerate or weak-willed, and we started looking at them as ill, we would treat them and treat them …
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Cory Monteith, 'Glee' star, completes rehab for drug abuse after admitting …
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The “Glee” star “voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction,” his rep told People in late March. Monteith, 30, and his supportive girlfriend Lea Michele, 29, were spotted at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday …
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Awards for raising drug prevention and treatment awareness
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The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse honored those on the front lines fighting addiction. Medical reporter Meg Farris emceed as people who work in prevention and treatment were given awards. A community leadership award was handed out to Major …
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