Is marijuana the future of Big Tobacco?
Logically, why would people choose a vice that is widely known to be carcinogenic when there are other mild and less-addictive stimulants — notably coffee and tea — that don't have the cancer-causing effects of tobacco? Sure, Big Tobacco — through …
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Treatment or Jail: Patrick Kennedy Wages Fierce Anti-Pot Crusade
“Most of my daughter's former friends are in jail or dead,” adds the mother of an 18-year-old in residential treatment for marijuana addiction. She is “sickened” by the idea that marijuana will be the next big business in America. In another note a …
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How Kids Are Bringing Medical Marijuana to the States
But marijuana advocates argue that it's ridiculous to lump it in with harder drugs—they say marijuana does have medical value and is not addictive. Medical marijuana has, after all, been successfully used to treat other nervous disorders such as PTSD …
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'Recover to Live': A guide to treating addictions yourself
… with an addiction ever receive treatment. christopher kennedy knows the struggles of this all too well, has been in recovery for more than 20 years and is author of the new book "recover to live" and he joins us with his cousin, patrick kennedy …
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Treatment options for tackling addiction can vary from hours to months
There are many types, including once-a-week sessions with substance-abuse professionals, treatments with medicines such as methadone or Suboxone, and residential programs with stays ranging from fewer than 30 days to more than a year. Experts say …
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How to beat your demons, literally: Siberian psychologists thrash patients …
The painful treatment, which involves lashing addicts on the buttocks, could help cure drug-users such as Pete Doherty or anyone who has failed with other methods, its practitioners claim. However, 'the reaction of most people is predictable: to …
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Ind. substance abuse hospital to open women's drug-, alcohol-treatment center …
SHELBYVILLE, Indiana — An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its chief executive says will become one of only a …
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Marijuana: more potent now and unquestionably addictive
The newer more potent forms of marijuana are unquestionably addictive. In 1992, about 93,000 people were admitted to treatment for marijuana addiction in the United States. Less than two decades later in 2009, more than 360,000 were admitted for …
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Addiction Treatment Center Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad of Inspire Malibu …
Addiction treatment center expert Dr. A.R. Mohammad set to educate public about the significant dangers that medical marijuana poses among adolescents at approaching town hall. Malibu, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2012. Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder …
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Patrick Kennedy Leads Campaign Against Marijuana Legalization
Retired Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is taking aim at what he sees as knee-jerk support for marijuana legalization among his fellow liberals, in a project that carries special meaning for the self-confessed former Oxycontin addict. Kennedy …
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