Substance abuse

Law Is One Way of Forcing Addicts Into Treatment

Law is one way of forcing addicts into treatment
The judge orders her/him to a licensed inpatient substance abuse treatment facility, such as the Women's Addiction Treatment Center (WATC) facility in New Bedford, the Men's Addiction Treatment Center (MATC) in… Continue reading →

Ford Spotlight Raising Addiction Awareness

Ford spotlight raising addiction awareness
"It has done absolutely nothing except to make it worse, because people are saying this guy's crazy, he's on cocaine, he's a bad person," said Ujjainwalla, whose Recovery Ottawa clinic provides treatment for people hooked… 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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Crystal Methodist and Former Co-Op Bank Boss Paul Flowers 'Back on Ketamine'

Crystal Methodist and former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers 'back on ketamine'
The Mail on Sunday watched as the shamed minister arrived at the man's house in the run-down Ancoats area of Manchester just before 11pm on Friday January 3… Continue reading →

Racism and the Drug War

Racism and the drug war
And he continued, “the deadly accuracy of the cocaine user has become axiomatic in Southern police circles…. the record of the 'cocaine nigger' near Asheville who dropped five men dead in their tracks using only… Continue reading →

What Is the Meaning of “420” and How Did It Get Started?

Question by peskypope: what is the meaning of “420” and how did it get started?

Best answer:

Answer by sunilnchassaram
Fool. India.

Answer by Miyazaki-san
The term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of… Continue reading →