Obama: Drug Addiction is a Disease, Not a Crime
Obama: Drug Addiction is a Disease, Not a Crime
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by Valencia Mohammed According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Obama administration spends more on drug education and treatment than federal law enforcement. (Source: National Drug Control Budget FY11 Enacted) Check out related …
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Catch 22 in treatment for drug addiction
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Chow, who is also Federation of Private Medical Practitioners' Associations Malaysia (FPMPAM) president, has been a strong advocate of community and medical treatment for drug addiction since 2002. He has attempted to change public perception about …
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Columbia Drug Case: Treatment Program Allowed For Christopher Coles
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While diversion programs have existed in New York for years, a 2009 overhaul of the state's once notoriously stringent drug laws argued in part that addicted offenders would more likely be reformed by treatment than by prison. …
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Does America Really Have a Problem With Adderall Abuse?
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The second HuffPost essay I wrote highlighted the "Ritalin Wars," an ongoing polemical debate — often featuring personal attacks — on whether the ADHD diagnosis and its drug treatment is a good or bad thing for our country. I mention the wars at this …
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Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program for adolescents in Atlantic Canada – Portage Cassidy Lake
Residents and graduates of the Portage Atlantic rehabilitation program at Cassidy Lake describe their struggles with substance abuse and their appreciation for the Portage drug addiction treatment program in New Brunswick. Residents, staff, and members of the community talk about how Portage helps Atlantic Canadian youth seek Freedom from Addiction. Portage is a cross-Canada non-profit organisation that fosters the strengths and skills of substance dependent persons to enable them, through comprehensive and cost-effective interventions based on the therapeutic community approach, to live lives of sobriety, filled with dignity, self-respect, and accomplishment. www.portage.ca
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