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Shoplifters Find Hope in Addiction Treatment

Causes of Addiction: Shoplifters find hope in addiction treatment
A Newport Beach program takes only people — many of them well-to-do — who steal items they can afford. The aim is to identify root causes of the behavior, such as loneliness, anxiety or frustration. Some people call them teacher of the year, family doctor, engineer or Girl Scout leader.
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Causes of Addiction: Prescription pill addiction causes heroin surge
The prescription pain pill epidemic in the Knoxville area is now leading to a surge in heroin abuse. Experts say economics and a change to OxyContin pills may be to blame.
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Causes of Addiction: NIH announces results from first large scale study on treatment of prescription opioid addiction
People addicted to prescription painkillers reduce their opioid abuse when given sustained treatment with the medication buprenorphine plus naloxone (Suboxone), according to research published in yesterday’s Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Addiction Rehab: Soeharto’s Great Grandchild Sent to Rehab – Jakarta Post

Addiction Rehab: Soeharto’s great grandchild sent to rehab – Jakarta Post

Soeharto's great grandchild sent to rehab
Jakarta Post
Based on the 2009 Narcotics Law, drug addicts should be placed in rehabilitation centers instead of prisons. Maman said the court deemed Putri a victim of drug addiction and sentenced her to one year of rehabilitation.

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Addiction Rehab: Iranian Lesbians Fall Victim To ‘Circumstance’ – NPR

Iranian Lesbians Fall Victim To 'Circumstance'
NPR
Mehran (Reza Sixo Safai) has struggled with drug addiction — heroin abuse is common in Iran — and attended a rehab center where he found religion. At first, he seems benign. But Mehran is now allied with the country's morality police,

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Causes of Addiction: Flash! Facebook Causes Teen Drinking! (Until You Read the Fine Print) – Los Angeles Times

Causes of Addiction: Flash! Facebook causes teen drinking! (Until you read the fine print) – Los Angeles Times


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Flash! Facebook causes teen drinking! (Until you read the fine print)
Los Angeles Times
Teens who use social media are five times likelier to use tobacco, three times likelier to drink alcohol and twice as likely to try marijuana, says Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse after conducting a survey of 12-
Survey: Social media use raises teens' substance abuse riskBaltimore Sun (blog)
Social Networking Sites May Lead Teens to Substance AbuseRedOrbit
Fact-Check: A Survey Links Facebook to Drug Use in TeensTIME
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Causes of Addiction: Amy Winehouse’s death raises alcohol fears – Kent News

Causes of Addiction: Local Researchers Develop Heroin Vaccine – KGTV San Diego

Causes of Addiction: Local Researchers Develop Heroin Vaccine – KGTV San Diego

Local Researchers Develop Heroin Vaccine
KGTV San Diego
Heroin abuse and addiction are also driving forces in the spread of HIV, which happens through needle sharing. Janda believes this could also combat the spread of the virus which causes AIDS. The cost of heroin abuse in the US is estimated at $ 22

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Causes of Addiction: Amy Winehouse joins list of those missing two-thirds of life – Bangor Daily News

Amy Winehouse joins list of those missing two-thirds of life
Bangor Daily News
But in recent decades, people are better able to identify substance abuse and addiction. And there are so many options for ending addiction not available when Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison succumbed. Whether the victim is a creative person,

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