Addiction Hotline — Drug Abuse Hotline for Parents
Addiction Hotline — Drug Abuse Hotline for Parents — The Addiction Hotline was created to help Parents, Teens, Husbands and Wives, Friends or Family get help anytime day or night with one easy to use phone numb…
Experts: No family immune to ravages of drug addiction
[rewrite]The message, from the officials slogging away to deliver it, is the same: Addiction is a problem that touches all of society, either indirectly or directly. … She said addiction is a powerful brain disease, and one that addicts need help and support …[/rewrite]
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An Uncommon Barrier to Getting Help for Alcohol Addiction
An uncommon barrier to getting help for alcohol addiction
[rewrite]April is Alcohol Awareness Month. I can just hear some of you now: “As if we didn't have enough awareness of alcohol.” And yes, alcohol use, and abuse, is so ubiquitous in our popular culture as to foster indifference.[/rewrite]
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ND debuts new website to help gambling addicts
[rewrite]The state Department of Human Services said Lutheran Social Services developed the website with support from the agency. Officials said www.GamblerND.com provides North Dakota-specific information about where to get help for gambling addiction.[/rewrite]
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Would Binge Drinking Considered to Be Abusing Drugs?
Question by Taking a troll across Y!A: Would binge drinking considered to be abusing drugs?
[rewrite]Since alcohol is a drug, if someone is binge drinking, would they be considered to be abusing a drug?
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Best answer:
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Answer by Per D
I suppose so but people would call it alcohol abuse rather than drug abuse. Although technically binge drinking is drug abuse, it is usually only illegal drugs that are “drug abused” and prescription drugs.
Answer by bradleya115
No because 1.It a drink 2.It is not legal (as long you are over 18) 3.It not seen as a drug even tho it is drug.
My Mother, the Drug Addict
My mother, the drug addict
[rewrite]Once a week two police officers graced my third grade classroom to inform us of the evils of drugs as part of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program. We viewed short films featuring hulking, tattooed black men pushing crack pipes …[/rewrite]
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OUR VIEW: An SRO for CCSD
[rewrite]An SRO may be the best defense in the war on drugs in our schools. Taconic Hills, Ichabod Crane, Germantown and New Lebanon have DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) programs; the DARE officer is Deputy Sheriff Wendy Guntert. Chatham …[/rewrite]
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US Drug Agent: New Synthetics Are Emerging in Asia
US drug agent: New synthetics are emerging in Asia
[rewrite]Reagan spoke Tuesday while attending a regional drug enforcement conference in Manila. He says the United States has a significant problem with synthetic drugs, which have also been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.[/rewrite]
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Student faces Facebook page probe
[rewrite]Methadone is used as a pain reliever in drug-addiction detoxification and maintenance programmes. Speaking ….. Its members consist of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam.[/rewrite]
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Support Groups Erie Times-News
Support Groups Erie Times-News
[rewrite]The free program offers assistance in gaining independence from addictive behavior, including substance addiction like drugs or alcohol or activity addiction like gambling or overeating. SMART Recovery promotes the idea of self-empowerment and …[/rewrite]
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Courier Times Community Calendar for April 21
[rewrite]Provide anonymous, confidential telephone assistance and respond to calls on local helpline and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Following training, volunteers are responsible for answering phones in either the Bucks or Montgomery county phone …[/rewrite]
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