Addiction

Addiction – Addiction.

Hoffman's Death Raises New Questions about Addiction Treatment Drug
They use Suboxone to control their withdrawal symptoms, but continue to use heroin to maintain their addiction,” says Percy Menzies, who is president of Assisted Recovery Centers of America, which operates four addiction treatment centers in the St … Read more on American News Report

Woman who drove with dying man on windshield guilty of murder, DUI
LOS ANGELES – A substance-abuse counsellor who drove three kilometres through a Los Angeles suburb with a dying man on her windshield was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder, drunken driving and hit-and-run. Sherri Lynn … Wilkins' blood-alcohol … Read more on Globalnews.ca

Actor's death a warning, SC officials say
COLUMBIA – The suspected overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman serves as a tragic reminder, said a top drug-treatment official in South Carolina. In short: Heroin remains a destructive addiction, … “It brings it back to the forefront, that … Read more on The Augusta Chronicle