Wishful Waiting

Wishful Waiting – Algonquin student Tyler Grandy has been sober for 16 months after losing years of his life to alcohol and cocaine. His success is hard to come by as the wait times for drug treatment centres continue to grow, throwing youth into the vicious cycle of drugs and the Canadian justice system.

Hooked on opiates: More legal use leads to more addiction, crimes, deaths

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… their brand names OxyContin and Vicodin, have led to increased addiction to these drugs and an increase in heroin use. Deaths from these drugs and heroin have spiked, more people are getting substance abuse treatment and police are reporting …
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Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. AR Mohammad Addresses Need for …

Filed under: cocaine addiction treatment

Alcohol detox expert, Dr. Mohammad said, “According to the recent report, our years of experience in the field of evidence-based addiction treatment have been substantiated and confirmed by the American Heart Association; even small amounts of cocaine …
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Matter of substance: Drug addiction as disease, not subject of shame

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Kenji Yamauchi spoke recently about his struggle with addiction, how he started with marijuana at age 13 before trying psychedelic mushrooms, cocaine, LSD, Ecstasy, methamphetamines, Vicodin and heroin. … prevent and reduce risky use, and the vast …
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Heroin a challenge for upstate NY suburbs – WSJ.com

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He says the problem used to be crack cocaine. Police are investigating the deaths four men who may have become heroin addicts. A spokeswoman with the Putnam chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism and other Drug Dependencies tells the …
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