Drug Addiction

1. How to talk to a friend with a drinking problem
2. Workplaces can be supportive of recovering coworkers
3. Women still face barriers to addiction treatment
4. With one click, mutual-help groups are at hand online
5. U.S. Rep. Ramstad: Principles of recovery groups could help nation end divisiveness, find common ground
6. Twelve Step recovery wisdom can benefit everyone
7. The healthy benefits of journal keeping
8. The art of listening: A skill worth learning
9. Rural America rivals big cities in drug abuse
11. Relapse starts well before the decision to drink or drug again
12. Recovery Month highlights getting help for addiction
13. Play on addiction and recovery is about passing it on
14. People in recovery learn it’s not all about me
15. ‘Oops phenomenon’ explains addiction as a brain disease
16. Older adults deserve recovery from alcoholism, addiction to prescription drugs
17. New booklet explains addiction as a brain disease
18. National Recovery Month helps reduce stigma of addiction
19. Moyers’ memoir serves as a voice for recovery
20. Chemical-creativity link may be folklore
21. Celebrities offer hope, healing by telling their real-life stories of addiction and recovery
22. Addiction in the workplace: A problem worth solving
23. Using booze won’t help you snooze
24. Screening, brief intervention help solve workplace alcohol problems
25. Researchers study alcohol’s link to Alzheimer’s
26. Recovery Month puts a face on recovery, offers hope
27. Funky Winkerbean comic strip tackles alcoholism with realism
28. Father’s drinking might affect health of newborn
29. Energy drinks and alcohol: A dangerous mix
30. Dan Anderson led social reform movement that humanized the treatment of alcoholics
31. Alcohol-induced blackouts are not reserved for alcoholics
32. Alcohol use disorders abound; yet most people never get help
33. Alcohol may affect male’s role in reproduction
34. Alcohol in any form is a dangerous drug; heavy drinkers at increased risk for cancer
35. AA offers recovery, not religion
36. Alcohol problems in the workplace: A hidden challenge
37. Ecstasy users rave on despite drug’s dangers
38. DWIs: You drink, you drive, you lose–a lot
39. Drug courts are cost-effective, compassionate thing to do
40. Drug court success stories reduce the cycle of addiction, crime
41. Dispelling the myths about marijuana
42. Dan Anderson led social reform movement that humanized the treatment of alcoholics
43. Culture of acceptance must change to detour binge drinking at colleges
44. Congressmen push for better access to addiction treatment
45. Club drugs linked to sexual assaults, serious health effects
46. Clergy can play key role in healing from alcoholism
47. Clergy can play a key role in addressing addiction
48. Childhood ADHD linked to substance abuse
49. Chemical-creativity link may be folklore
50. Celebrities offer hope, healing by telling their real-life stories of addiction and recovery
51. Businesses benefit by helping substance abusing workers
52. Binge drinking can lead to fatal alcohol poisoning
53. Alcohol-free summer activities are safest bet
54. Alcohol poisoning: Drinking too much too fast can kill you
55. Alcohol may benefit heart, but what about its risks
56. Alcohol may affect male’s role in reproduction
57. Alcohol can take a heavier toll on women
58. Alcohol and sexual assault–breaking the link
59. Alcohol abusers risk several kinds of liver disease
60. Addiction in the workplace: A problem worth solving
61. Abuse of addictive pain medications is on the rise
62. AA, Al-Anon owe debt of gratitude to Lois Wilson

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If you have young children, you’ve probably been warned to prepare an answer to a key question: Where do babies come from? But another question that’s just as important may hit even closer to home: Did you ever use alcohol or other drugs as a teenager?
Children who ask this question create a defining moment in [...]

Veterans in this country are overrepresented when it comes to substance abuse, driving under the influence, unemployment, homelessness, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological problems. Tragically, studies also show that veterans are twice as likely as the general population to commit suicide.
When Judge Robert Russell and his staff in Buffalo, N.Y., noted 300 veterans [...]

In America, crime and substance abuse are tightly enmeshed.
Research by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) and the U.S. Department of Justice shows that 80 percent of the 2 million men and women behind bars today — some 1.6 million individuals — are “seriously involved with drug and alcohol [...]

When you try to imagine who uses heroin, chances are good you don’t think of cheerleaders or straight-A students or clean-cut suburban kids from upper middle-class families. You probably don’t picture the young woman on the recent full page in The New York Times identified as Stacy, ex-entrepreneur, HIV-positive, who says, “After awhile, you’re not [...]

During 2006, alcohol and illicit drug use by American teenagers continued a decade-long decline. Yet adolescent abuse of prescription drugs remains relatively high.
These are results from the Monitoring the Future survey conducted by the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. For the 2006 study, researchers surveyed 50,000 students in [...]

Many people begin to use alcohol and other drugs during their teenage years, and some do so heavily. Studies have linked this fact to a number of negative consequences, and the latest research adds more to the list–a decline in grades and learning impairments that can last beyond adolescence.
According to the 2002 National Survey on [...]

In her early years, Eva would probably have been called a “teetotaler.” Except for an infrequent sip of wine on special occasions, she never drank alcoholic beverages. But after her children moved away and her husband and many of her close friends died, Eva turned to the bottle for escape and companionship. Now in her [...]

Steroid use might create ripped abs, bulging biceps, and rock-hard pectorals–perhaps contributing to more home runs or an unfair advantage on the gridiron. But those changes come with a host of possible side effects–some permanent and some fatal.
The type of steroids most often abused is anabolic-androgenic. “Anabolic” means muscle-building. “Androgenic” refers to hormones such as [...]

Drugs are now as available on Main Street as they are in Manhattan.
That’s the key finding from the most comprehensive report on rural drug abuse to date: “No Place to Hide: Substance Abuse in Mid-Size Cities and Rural America.” The report was funded by the Drug Enforcement Administration with support from the National Institute on [...]

Every September for 19 years, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has teamed with thousands of treatment programs nationwide to celebrate people in recovery from addiction and honor those who support them. Recovery Month also serves to educate the public about substance abuse and reinforce the fact that addiction is a [...]

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