Drug Abuse And Addiction

Docs in Sight: Sundance 2014

Docs in Sight: Sundance 2014
This seems most pronounced in the documentary feature categories where there is a consistent adherence to the role of documentary storytelling around social-political issues and where new works re-engage creatively with perennial themes of human… Continue reading

How Philip Seymour Hoffman Could Have Been Saved

How Philip Seymour Hoffman Could Have Been Saved
Traditionally, the only choices offered to addicts were 12-step programs, but now proven treatments include cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing and psychopharmacology. … learning disabilities; ADHD; trauma; poverty; and growing up …
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Drugs vs. the Drug War: A Response to Michael Gerson

Drugs vs. the drug war: A response to Michael Gerson
Jacob Sullum's book Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use, for example, presents compelling empirical evidence that the vast, vast majority of people who use drugs—even hard drugs—do so recreationally,… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Abuse PSA

Prescription Drug Abuse PSA – Created by the Youth Leadership Council of Licking County. (OH)


 

Drug Abuse Screening Bill OK'd by Indiana House

Drug abuse screening bill OK'd by Indiana House
INDIANAPOLIS – A contentious bill to screen welfare recipients for drug abuse and limit residents to buy only “nutritional” foods with food stamps is moving forward. State representatives voted 71-22 in favor… Continue reading

Avera Medical Minute AMcK: Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise

Avera Medical Minute AMcK: Prescription drug abuse on the rise
"I think there's been a bona fide and concerted effort throughout the country to try to wrap our heads and hands around what's going on and slow things down." Said… Continue reading