Constance Scharff, PhD: Creating Hope: The Key to Effective Addiction Treatment

Constance Scharff, PhD: Creating Hope: The Key to Effective Addiction Treatment – Constance Scharff, PhD, presented a keynote address at the 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Addiction Research & Therapy (July 22-24, 2013) in …

As more young people get down with e-cigarettes, health officials' concerns rise

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Maria Azzarelli, the tobacco-control program coordinator for the Southern Nevada Health District, believes e-cigarettes are threatening decades of anti-smoking campaigns that have changed social norms and perceptions about smoking. In 1965, 42 percent …
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Krocodil drug scare does more harm than good

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Ryan Newcomer credits his spiritual conversion with allowing him to break a destructive family cycle of addiction. | Denise Crosby ~ Sun-Times Media. storyidforme: 56435699 … But Ryan Newcomer, a recovering addict who now helps others struggling with …
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Is it time to take the iPad away from your kid?

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In the U.K., a four-year-old girl believed to be the country's youngest iPad addict has been getting treatment at a rehab centre specializing in digital addiction. The Canadian Paediatric Society says kids younger than two should not be indulging in …
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Man convicted of drug trafficking gets prison

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Phillip Sharpe was sentenced to life in prison on Oct. 14 in Third Judicial District Court in Yerington for his role in what the Lyon County District Attorney's Office called leading a drug trafficking organization that spanned multiple counties in …
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