Celebrity Addicts – Winnipeg Free Press

Celebrity addicts – Winnipeg Free Press
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“Addiction does not discriminate, it cuts across all socioeconomic classes,” says Kevin Hill, addictions psychiatrist in charge of drug abuse treatment at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital. “People use according to psycho-social stressers.
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Treat addiction as an illness – Modesto Bee
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Your editorial “Drug, alcohol abuse exacts woeful toll on all of society” (March 6) did a good job of revealing how prevalent addiction is, but your conclusion that “putting more money into treatment and keeping children away from drugs” is …
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Medicare, Medicaid play role in solving substance abuse issue

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By Whitney Burdette – email As the number of people abusing prescription drugs continues to increase, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, DW.Va., said Medicare and Medicaid can play a role in preventing and treating the over prescribing, misuse and addiction to pain …
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Bill could reduce penalties for certain substance possession

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This is simply a smarter approach to fighting the evils of drug abuse in our society.” The bill also calls for a deeper examination of the jails, funding and treatment facilities. But not everyone is convinced this type of legislative change is best …
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