.2M gift aids Betty Ford Center

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The foundation was described as a “longtime supporter of efforts to improve the education of medical students and physicians, especially in the area of addiction to alcohol and other drugs” in a statement released Thursday by the center. The foundation …
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Operation Christmas Cheer: With help, couple defeats drug addiction demon

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Operation Christmas Cheer: With help, couple defeats drug addiction demon. By DENNIS … David Tate and Erica Snow were introduced four years ago by a mutual friend — their drug dealer — when both showed up to score a few rocks of crack cocaine. Snow …
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Is The Era Of OxyContin Abuse Over?

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But if you defeated the time-release mechanism, you'd get the impact of the drug all at once. This is what made it so attractive to addicts, especially after lurid stories showing how to abuse the drug hit the media during 2001. The effect was …
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Russell Brand celebrates 10 years sober

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The comic spent years battling a dangerous drug habit and an alcohol addiction, and he endured numerous gruelling stints in rehab as he fought to get clean. Brand, who is currently on a stand-up tour of New Zealand, has now revealed he celebrated his …
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