April 2009
Monthly Archive
Drug and Alcohol – Swine Flu Precautions Apply to Staying Healthy Generally
There has been a lot of media attention about the recent swine flu outbreak. As people with addictions tend to have compromised immune systems to some extent (and obviously…
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0 comments Thursday 30 Apr 2009 | admin | Addiction Treatment
Drug and Alcohol – First National Study of Gaming Addiction in Kids
A new study, soon to be published in the journal Psychological Science, and reported in USA Today, shows that nearly one in 10 children and teenagers who play video…
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0 comments Sunday 26 Apr 2009 | admin | Addiction Treatment
Drug and Alcohol – The Importance of Detox
There’s something about detox that seems off-putting to a lot of people. They may have faced the fact that they have a problem, they may even be looking for…
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0 comments Wednesday 22 Apr 2009 | admin | Addiction Treatment
Drug and Alcohol – Mike Nestoruk R.I.P.
Mike Nestoruk, a severely disabled 41-year-old-man, represents everything that is wrong with our society’s attitude towards people with addictions. Homeless, and dependent on a wheelchair to get around, as…
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0 comments Wednesday 15 Apr 2009 | admin | Addiction Treatment
Drug and Alcohol – Alcohol Awareness Month
April is Alcohol Awareness Month.
Alcohol is one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood substances of abuse, and, perhaps more than any other, provokes the strongest feelings.
As well as being…
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0 comments Friday 10 Apr 2009 | admin | Addiction Treatment
Drug and Alcohol – Drug Testing For People on Welfare Benefits Proposed
Recent reports indicate that at least 8 states are considering introducing drug testing for people receiving benefits such as food stamps.
There are several problems with this idea:
There is a strong…
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0 comments Monday 06 Apr 2009 | admin | Addiction Treatment
Drug and Alcohol – “Being Treated Like a Drug Addict”
I was recently involved in an online discussion about issues in various healthcare fields, leading one contributer to state that people who are prescribed pain medications have to cope with…
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0 comments Thursday 02 Apr 2009 | admin | Addiction Treatment