Govt urged to focus more on preventing drug abuse
The 2013 annual report published by the United Nations-affiliated organization found that drug addicts in countries around the world, including Indonesia, lacked medical treatment from the state. The report shows that in every six drug addicts, only …
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South Jersey drug treatment providers: For heroin addicts, more inpatient care …
That's not a lot of time to see how well a law is working, but addiction treatment professionals in South Jersey have reservations about the law when it comes to a troubling trend in drug abuse. The law, the state Senate bill number of which was S881 …
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Lawmakers push for drug abuse treatment, recovery funding
ALBANY — A growing problem that's getting a lot of attention. We're talking … Between heroin and prescription drugs, the state association of alcoholism and substance abuse providers says more people die now from overdoses than motor vehicle crashes.
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Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not …
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Chris Brown completes 90 days at Malibu rehab center, judge thinks he needs …
A judge thinks Chris Brown still has more work to do in anger management rehab and has ordered him to extend his stay past 90 days. The “Fine China” singer already completed his court-ordered 90-day live-in stay at the facility in Malibu, Calif. TMZ …
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Chris Brown ordered back to rehab for two months
Chris Brown is going back to rehab. At a hearing on Friday, Los Angeles judge ordered the singer to spend another two months in the Malibu rehabilitation center where he has been grappling with anger management and drug abuse problems. RELATED: …
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Too Late For Malibu Rehab To Join Sly Stone Suit, Judge Says
Law360, Los Angeles (February 04, 2014, 9:22 PM ET) — A California judge ruled Tuesday that the Malibu Beach Recovery Center cannot intervene in Sly Stone's stolen royalties lawsuit against his ex-manager to make sure any damages Stone recovers are …
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N.H. officials say rampant drug addiction is driving crime
Public Safety Commissioner John Barthelmes on Friday told fellow members of the Governor's Commission on Alcohol Abuse, Prevention, Intervention and Treatment that 40 percent of the state's highway fatalities are linked to drug or alcohol abuse. He …
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Grant Hackett enters rehab: Australian swimmer seeks treatment for drug abuse …
It is the second time the swimmer has battled an addiction to the drug. In 2012, towards the end of his swimming career, he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph that he had a “heavy reliance” on the medication after first being given it by swimming officials.
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Question by Dessiree: Kendra wilkinson did drugs?
I saw on a commercial for her True Hollywood Story (THS) and she was doing drugs…
Did she really do drugs and at what age did she start??

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Answer by ???zzz
Kendra Wilkinson Reveals Past Cocaine Use, Hospitalization
March 16th, 2010 6:49 PM by Hilton Hater Tags: Kendra Wilkinson
In news that shouldn’t be shocking for someone that has posed in Playboy and dated a senior citizen, Kendra Wilkinson reveals the following personal details of her life in her new E! True Hollywood Story:

She once dabbled in cocaine and was hospitalized as a teenager for drug abuse and suicidal thoughts.

Around 13, Kendra says she started to hang out with a “rebel group.”

“All of a sudden they broke out this white stuff,” she said. “I did it, and I started feeling this big ball of chalk going down my throat and I was like ‘what is this ****! Ew this is so gross.’. After that I started feeling pretty good. That was the start of my drug days.”
Due to these issues, Kendra’s mother admitted her daughter for two weeks to a secured psychiatric facility.

“It was crazy in that place,” Wilkinson says in the TV special. “A lot of those kids were suicidal like me and we didn’t see daylight. We weren’t allowed outside. It was basically a jail, but it was a hospital.”

Kendra says the experience actually “made me worse,” as she ran away from home her sophomore year of high school.

“I was still on drugs,” she says. “All throughout sophomore year I lived with this guy and I did drugs for that long. Every day, every minute.”

The model has turned things around now.

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Bay District Schools Provides Counseling for Substance Abuse
Bay District School Leaders have signed a deal with the Life Management Center to provide professional counseling for students with a substance abuse problem. The two organizations have a long standing relationship, but this is the first time they've …
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Overcoming Addiction: Former addict studying to become a counselor
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Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise in the QCA
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