Families Need Recovery When Affected by Substance Abuse – Reach Recovery

Families Need Recovery when affected by Substance Abuse – Reach Recovery – Awareness video by www.ReachRecovery.org A major proponent to raising awareness is to educate family members for their own need of recovery. Since family mem…

An Anxious History of Valium

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Still, Valium has proved to be a versatile drug. It is used to treat muscle spasms, irritable bowel syndrome, night terrors and panic disorder. In traumatic medical procedures, it can help induce amnesia. And just this past May, researchers at Stanford …
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Mother faces prison over drug death of 2-year-old daughter

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She loads her sons Shawn, 10, Dylan, 8, into her battered green Buick each morning, takes them to the school, works a shift at a Hudson pizza parlor, picks up the boys, cooks their dinner and helps with their homework. She has tried … Mitchell, 29 …
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Series of talks tackle drug addiction

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WAUSAU — As addiction to alcohol and other drugs soars to new heights in central Wisconsin, counselors and treatment providers spent Wednesday trying to help addicts and their families confront a disease with ripple effects that can persist for …
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