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Hyrdrocodone tops list as most-prescribed drug in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A powerful narcotic was the No. 1 prescribed drug among Medicare patients in West Virginia for 2010, and a Charleston neurologist was the top prescriber in the state. State doctors wrote 402,159 hydrocodone-acetaminophen...Tags: Lotteries, Prescription Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Vicodin (drug), OxyContin (drug)
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Luxury drug-rehab center in Umatilla to offer recovery in style
Troubled celebs struggling to overcome addictions might start pointing their limos in an unlikely direction: the remote Lake County town of Umatilla. The former Florida Elks Children's Hospital in Umatilla is being reborn as a luxury drug-rehab center...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Health and Medical Professionals, Britney Spears, Family, Health
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Rob Roberge weighs in on addiction lit
I tried your steps And stumbled down your stairs My only problem with drugs Is that they always run out These lyrics are from "The Problem With Drugs" by The Popular Mechanics, a Replacements-meets-Steve-Earle quartet. But the band does not...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Book, Music, Behavioral Conditions, Entertainment
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Letters: Addiction treatment that works
Re "Felons allowed to help addicts, a report finds," May 14 The fact that addiction counselors in California who are sex offenders and other types of felons are allowed to provide addiction treatment is just the tip of the iceberg in a fundamentally...Tags: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions
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Struggling women sad, angry over sale of nonprofit Ohio home that will become a boutique hotel
Associated PressCINCINNATI (AP) — For more than 100 years, the Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati has been a safe, serene place that thousands of struggling women came to know as home. But after losing a two-year fight with a Fortune 500 company determined...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Abusive Behavior, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Arundel House of Hope launches program for recovering addicts
The Capital, Annapolis, Md.For Carolyn Heim and Suzanne Steiner, every Tuesday is cookie time. Starting at 10:30 a.m., the volunteers bring a batch of cookies and milk for a talk at the Arundel House of Hope. This week's topic: Getting a 14-year-old boy to shower. "I don't...Tags: Personal Income, Glen Burnie, Substance Abuse, Annapolis, Behavioral Conditions
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Rehabilitated drug addict graduates from Women in Recovery to better life
Tulsa WorldIn just a few years, methamphetamine showed Crystal Cunningham the highest high and took everything away. Cunningham, 33, was introduced to the drug when she was 29. "I just remember feeling so much better. I felt like I was on top of the world,"...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Punishment, Behavioral Conditions, Prisons, Graduation
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Drug program operator plans improvements; CCCS offers diverse services, classes
The Montana Standard, ButteThe local nonprofit taking over Butte-Silver Bow's Chemical Dependency Center is ready to hit the ground running and eventually expand and improve programs for people struggling with addiction, its chief executive said. Mike Thatcher, of Community,... -
Mental health center, jail partnering to help out
The Hutchinson News, Kan.For about a week, Horizons Mental Health Center has been scanning the publicly available list of prisoners in the Reno County Jail. When the center finds one of its patients on the list, it is contacting the sheriff's office to provide basic information...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Substance Abuse, Health and Medical Professionals, Pharmaceuticals, Health
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Addiction Bistro serves gluten-free fried chicken, cupcakes and more
This year I think we’ll break our Father's Day habit of staying close to home and take my husband to the Addiction Bistro, a little café on La Cienega Boulevard that serves burgers and sausages, chili and ice cream. I found the Addiction Bistro...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Chili, Chicken, Restaurants
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EDITORIAL: Drug-ruined lives
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.We've never understood why so many, many younger West Virginians are compelled to wreck their lives and their futures through dope. It's pointless, futile, self-destructive -- almost a death wish. Police seized 288 meth labs in the state last year,...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Richard Burton, Behavioral Conditions, OxyContin (drug), Mental Health
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Former inmate, addict, graduates from HACC
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.When Clyde Niblack got out of prison for the fourth time, he knew it was his last chance at obtaining success. It was during this time in prison when he determined that he needed to make some changes in his life. Niblack, 54, of Carlisle, went on to...Tags: Prisons
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