Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 1

Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 1 – Betty Ford Center Physician Director Dr. Harry Haroutunian outlines the criteria that defines the disease concept of alcoholism and addiction.

How bad is the drug addiction problem in Punjab?

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

But the Badal duo forgot that it was their own government which, in 2010, told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that nearly 70 percent of people in Punjab, especially youth, could be addicted to drugs and medicines. Sukhbir Badal, in fact, went so far …
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Addiction, prescribed

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

The NIDA reported that 16 million people used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons in 2010. Opiate painkillers are not the only prescription drugs that prompt the potential for abuse. Often prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep disorders, central …
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