Russell Brand Tells MPs Drug Addiction Should Be Treated As Illness

Russell Brand Tells MPs Drug Addiction Should Be Treated As Illness – Comedian Russell Brand has told MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee addiction should be treated as an illness instead of a crime. The 36-year-old who said he had beaten a heroin addiction which saw him arrested a dozen times, blamed his drug problems on emotional and psychological difficulties. Society should not “discard people, write them off on methadone and leave them on the sidelines” and should exercise more “love and compassion”, he argued.

Fighting teen alcohol and drug abuse

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Recent news reports have highlighted a police raid and arrests made at a house party involving underage drinking by dozens of Rumson and Fair Haven youth. When coupled with the publication of disturbing survey results of local teen alcohol and drug …
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Drug-overdose antidote is put in addicts' hands

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Such giveaways may have saved more than 10000 lives since the first program was started in 1996 in Chicago, according to a survey by the Harm Reduction Coalition, a national group that works to reduce the consequences of drug use.
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Police and fire departments take part in National Prescription Take-Back Day …

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During the event, prescription drugs will be collected for proper disposal at several locations throughout Genesee County. “Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem that we can help avoid by properly disposing of extra medicine during these events …
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