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Posted on Jul 11, 2011 in Alcohol And Drug Addiction Rehab, Alcoholism | 0 comments

Posted on Jul 1, 2011 in Addiction | 0 comments Buffer Image via Wikipedia How We Get Addicted By MICHAEL D. LEMONICK I was driving up the Massachusetts Turnpike one evening last February when I knocked over a bottle of water. I grabbed for it, swerved inadvertently–and a few seconds later found myself blinking into

Posted on Nov 23, 2011 in Alcoholism | Comments Off 1. Alcoholism affects the entire family.   Living with a non-recovering alcoholic in the family can contribute to stress for all members of the family. Each member may be affected differently. Not all alcoholic families experience or react to this stress in the same way.

Mood disorders like depression and substance abuse go together so frequently that doctors have coined a term for it: dual diagnosis. People who have suffered recent episodes of major depression have higher rates of alcoholism and drug addiction compared with the rest of the population, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Kentucky on Thursday became the latest to make the shift when Gov. Steve Beshear signed into law a measure increasing spending on rehabilitation programs and intensive drug testing. The law also reduces penalties for many drug offenses and may allow some traffickers and users of smaller amounts of drugs to avoid prison. View Full Image

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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 in Depression | 0 comments Image via Wikipedia Neuroscientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have developed a protein peptide that may be a novel type of highly targeted treatment for depression with a low side-effect profile. Depression affects one in ten Canadians at some time in