The myth of opioid addiction: Educating patients – Steven D. Passik, PhD, is a Psychologist and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Cornell University Med…
Brockton conference for nurses spotlights addictions
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But Adam Barrett, president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the International Nurses Society on Addictions, said that while he's happy to see illegal drugs off the street, police action alone won't solve the problem of opiate addiction that is killing … Read more on Enterprise News
Piner: Drug abuse cost me my job, wife, kids
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He called the money from selling drugs "dirty," and he talked of how opiate addicts suffer from illness, pain and night sweats that cause them to take ice baths. His drug abuse cost him his job, his wife and kids, and almost the life of a girlfriend … Read more on Altoona Mirror
Community Fights Surge In Heroin, Opiates
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Jody Demo-Hodgins, the executive director of Marion County's Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services says 16 people in the county died from heroin and opiate overdoses last year. She says, for every person who dies, there are 800 … Read more on 10TV