Mikati: Addicts Need Treatment, Not Punishment

Published July 5, 2012

Mikati: Addicts need treatment, not punishment

Filed under: Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Tuesday that to fight rising drug abuse among teenagers, the country needs a comprehensive policy that treats addicts as patients who need care, rather than criminals who need punishment. Speaking at the launch …
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Illicit drug use rising among baby boomers

Filed under: Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — They came of age in the drug-fueled psychedelic 1960s, and faced adulthood's pressures as medications became a common way to deal with anxiety, pain and stress. Now baby boomers are in danger of becoming the Hooked …
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