OUR OPINION: Stepping Out of Drug Addiction's Shadow

OUR OPINION: Stepping out of drug addiction's shadow
Thank you for emailing us your wrenching stories about your own or a loved one's struggles with drug addiction. Thank you for stopping by our offices with your letters and pleas for help. Thanks for the calls in which you shared your repeated attempts …
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Painkillers abuse and addiction fuelled by free drugs from family, friends: US …
CHICAGO — Most people who abuse addictive prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives, while drug dealers are a relatively uncommon source for those at highest risk for deadly overdoses, a U.S. government study has found.
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Drug-Free Coalition names leader
Parent Phyllis Follick last week told the coalition the increase in burglaries is largely due to addiction. “Ninety-five percent of addicts who are released from prison use (drugs) again,” Follick said. “Opiates are the death of the U.S. Doctors push …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's Story and Obamacare Coverage of Drug Addiction
Through Obamacare, mental health coverage is now extended to cover 62 million more people in the United States, and no insurance policy can use mental health as a pre-existing condition to deny insurance coverage. Substance abuse is one of the …
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