Piensalo – DEVIDA / CTB

Piensalo – DEVIDA / CTB – Think about it | Drug abuse prevention and drug addicts rehabilitation in Peru – This song was written by Douglas and Robert — 16 and 17 years old. They do not need drugs to talk about drugs, and its consequences. A programme by BTC and Devida Peru.

More Afghan Opium May Mean More Pakistani Addicts

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Dr. Saleem Azam, who heads a rehabilitation center in Karachi, said drugs are easily available. "These are available like peanuts; you are sitting in your office, you are sitting in your bedroom, you are sitting in your living room, you can call a …
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14 Year-old Swallows Pencil Lead To Escape Internet Addiction Clinic

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Sent to an internet addiction rehabilitation center for, well, being addicted to the internet, 14 year-old Chen Wei (a pseudonym) couldn't take the treatment at the center. So much so that he tried to kill himself to escape. Chen Wei from Wuhan, Hubei …
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Punishing the criminal, treating the addict

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A comprehensive drug court system would involve a rethinking of addiction-related crime from a “conviction machine” to “an addiction recovery system of hope.” Some conservatives will reflexively scoff at this therapeutic model as sappy, one that is …
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