Recognizing Alcohol & Drug Addiction : Finding Community Support for Addicts
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Mum slams minister over Swedish MP's drug death
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The mother of late Swedish MP William Petzäll, who died last week after a long battle with drug addiction, blasted what she saw as government foot-dragging on efforts to better Sweden's drug addiction treatment policies. 'Sweden views drugs like the …
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Alcohol, drugs present in over fifty percent of fatal car accidents: study
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Their results appeared in the journal Addiction. "More than half of fatally injured drivers in the United States had been using alcohol or other drugs and approximately 20 per cent had been using (two or more) drugs," wrote Joanne Brady of Columbia …
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The changing face of American addictions
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A study released by The Partnership at Drugfree.org in March showed that 10 percent of American adults, ages 18 and over, consider themselves in recovery from drug or alcohol abuse. The organization's president, Steve Pasierb, described the findings as …
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