drug addicts

How Heroin Abuse Has Become Epidemic

How heroin abuse has become epidemic
On Monday, the largest group of treatment professionals, the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, will host a town hall discussion of how the medical community can address the prescription painkiller epidemic… Continue reading

Kabul Restaurant Helps Drug Addicts Kick the Habit

Kabul Restaurant Helps Drug Addicts Kick the Habit
An Afghan woman who runs a shelter for drug addicts opens a restaurant. She gives them a chance to rebuild their lives by hiring them in her restaurant. Full…


 

Help for Russia’s Drug Addicts – CBS News

Help for Russia’s drug addicts – CBS News

Help for Russia's drug addicts
CBS News
Andrei, a former drug addict who cooks for the rest of the patients in treatment for drug addiction at City Without Drugs, works in the… Continue reading

Help Me???

Question by jess: Help me???
CLEAN NEEDLES BENEFIT SOCIETY
USA Today
Our view: Needle exchanges prove effective as AIDS counterattack.
They warrant wider use and federal backing.

Nothing gets knees jerking and fingers wagging like free needle-exchange programs. But strong… Continue reading

Drug Addiction and Baby Boomers — an Escalating Problem

Drug Addiction And Baby Boomers — An Escalating Problem
about the rise of addiction to alcohol and prescription and illegal drugs among baby boomers. Dr. Barbara Krantz is the medical director and the director of medical research at the Hanley… Continue reading

Fatal Addiction: Britain’s 6200 State-Sponsored Drug Addicts Hooked on Heroin … – Daily Mail

Fatal addiction: Britain’s 6200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin … – Daily Mail


Daily Mail
Fatal addiction: Britain's 6200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin
Daily Mail
Thousands of drug addicts have spent more than a decade hooked… Continue reading