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Boulder High School Students Overdose On Painkillers

Boulder Daily Camera | Vanessa Miller | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Painkillers, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Prescription Painkillers, Hospital, Drug Overdose, Justice High School, Boulder, Denver News

Five Justice High School students are recovering today after overdosing on prescription painkillers that one student brought to class Wednesday, accor...

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Homeless For 45 Years, Steve Sacre Now Has A Home

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Homeless, Drug Abuse, Homeless Veterans, Homelessness, Homeless for 45 Years, Vietnam War, Steve Sacre, Impact News

Most Americans can't imagine being homeless for 45 hours, let alone 45 years. Steve Sacre, however, a Vietnam veteran and former drug addict, was just...

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Project Prevention Encourages Addicts Not To Have Children

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.31.2009 | Impact

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Substance-Exposed Births, Pregnancy, Substance Abuse, Drug Abuse, Barbara Harris, Project Prevention, Impact News

An estimated 11-15% of babies are exposed to drugs or alcohol in utero. Many of these babies are born with addictions or physical disabilities. For ye...

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Khloe And Lamar Getting Married: What Are Their Causes?

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: The Brent Shapiro Foundation, Los Angeles Lakers, Robert Shapiro, PETA Ads, Peta, Lamar Odom, Drug Abuse, Khloe Kardashian, Alcohol Abuse, Stomach Cancer, Impact News

America's newest power couple has emerged: Celebutante Khloe Kardashian and L.A. Lakers forward Lamar Odom. After dating for less than a month, the tw...

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Addiction In U.S. At Pandemic Levels

wellness.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Recovery, Drug Addict, Alcoholic, Alcohol Rehab, Addiction & Recovery, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Rehab, Rehab, Living News

Untreated alcohol and drug addiction in the United States remains at pandemic levels, with little change from year to year, an expert says....

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Does Your Past Ever Haunt You?

Hillary Rubin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Joan Borysenko, Hillary Rubin, Women's Health, Life Coaching, Lupus, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Prada, Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, Recreational Drug Use, Consciousness, Living News
Hillary Rubin

My life was focused on looking good, being at the right parties and doing whatever it took to make it to the top. You had to work to get into the inner circles. Drugs were a must.

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The Road to Addiction - How Trauma Can Lead To Addiction

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Recovery, Health, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse, Home News
Carole Bennett, MA

Everyone has varying degrees of trauma in their life. Similar to depression, trauma can lead to self medication (prescription or otherwise) to numb the pain in an attempt to dilute the reality of the occurrence; which in turn can lead to dependency and/or addiction.

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Child Cocaine Use Soars In Britain

Press Association | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Addiction, United Kingdom, Health, Foreign Affairs, England, Cocaine Poisoning, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Child Cocaine Use, Advocacy, Cocaine, World News

hocking rises in the number of children treated in hospital after overdosing on cocaine were revealed today. In less than a decade the number of unde...

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Prison Prevention for Kids: A Little Money Well Spent

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, California Prison System, At-Risk Youth, Camps for at-Risk Youth, Poverty, Prison, Children in Poverty, Alcoholism, Gang Prevention, Overcoming Poverty, Childhood Criminals, Drug Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Us-Prison-Overcrowding, Juvenile Crime, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

Intervention at the right age can turn a kid away from gangs, crime, and drugs for good whereas doling out stiff penalties only seems to result in more people going to prison.

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The Not-So-Hidden Costs of Preemie Births to Addict Moms

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Pregnancy, Drug Court, Premature-Babies, Nicu, Drug Abuse, Drug Addict, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

Shouldn't we do everything to save a child, no matter the risk or the cost?

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Celebrity "Roadkill": A Black Box Warning for Physicians

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Medical Ethics, Michael Jackson, Dangerous Controlled Substance, Drug Addiction, Roadkill, Physicians, Celebrity Culture, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Doctor Shopping, Beverly Hills, Self-Esteem, Justice Department, Prescription Painkillers, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Just Say No, Fame, Opiates, Drug Enforcement Administration, Deepak Chopra, Drug Abuse, Heath Ledger, Narcotics, Pain Medications, Hippocratic Oath, Celebrities, Hollywood, Black Box Warning, Entertainment News
Gary Cohan

How can a vulnerable physician resist the temptation to "bend the rules" for these "tabloid elites?"

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Buzz-free Prom and Graduation Parties? Let's Create Substance ed That Actually Works

Helen Cordes | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Drunk Driving, Alcohol, Graduation Parties, Prom, Drug Abuse, Parenting, Post-Prom, Drinking, Teen Drinking, Living News
Helen Cordes

An absolutely free solution: start telling the truth to your kids about why we enjoy our substances.

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Steroids are Just the Tip of the Iceberg in Professional Sports

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nfl, Drug Abuse, Steroids, Manny Ramirez, Baseball, Entertainment News
Dr. Johnny Benjamin

Year after year of daily physical abuse leads to substance overuse which in turn can often lead to abuse and dependence.

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Diane Sawyer: Talk to Ashley Judd, Don't Overlook the 800-LB Gorilla on 20/20

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Silas House, Ashley Judd, Appalachia, Abc-Tv, Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Drug Abuse, Children of the Mountains, Strip Mining, Diane Sawyer, Poverty, Media News
Jeff Biggers

Sawyer's special report failed to notice the 800-pound gorilla in the room: Mountaintop removal strip mining that has devastated eastern Kentucky's communities and economy.

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One Year Later: Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death Reminds Us More Must Be Done

Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Overdose Deaths, Boston, Heath Ledger Dies, Fatalities, Mental Health, Personal Health, 911, Heath LEdger Overdose, Drugs, Los Angeles, New York, Bill Richardson, Death, Heath Ledger Pills, Drug Use, Health Crisis, Heath Ledger Suicide, Health, Chicago, Prescription Drugs, Heath Ledger Died, Heath LEdger Dead, Drug Abuse, Philadelphia, Heath Ledger, Anxiety, Heath Ledger Death, Drug Overdose, Living News
Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston

Drug overdose now ranks as a leading cause of preventable death, second only to motor-vehicle accidents. Accidental overdoses killed more Americans last year than did firearms.

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Why Harm Reduction Makes Sense: These Three Things I Know are True

Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Youth, Underage Drinking, Harm Reduction, Drugs, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Drug Use, High School Students Survey, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug Czar, American Teen, Adhd, High School, Drug Abuse, Substances, Health, Living News
Stanton Peele

How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.

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Insomnia, Drug Abuse and Kids

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Insomnia, Depression, Drug Abuse, Digital Devices, Kids, Children, Sleep Disorders, Health, Teens, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

It's not something you like to hear about, but a recent study that you can read about here suggests that adolescents who suffer from insomnia have a h...

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Children Poisoning Themselves with Illegal Psychiatric Drugs

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychiatry, Stimulants, Adhd, Children, Psychiatric Drugs, Peter Breggin, Drug Abuse, Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

Are teenagers the victims of drug dealers? Partying? Actually, they are trying to handle the overload of work in eleventh grade in highly competitive schools in affluent communities.

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