Musings & Observations / Barry Halpin
The voices of experience were speaking, and the students were giving them their rapt attention. The words were simple but eloquent, “I lost me,” spoken by several of the recovering drug addicts at Liberation House , a substance abuse treatment facility in Stamford, during a recent visit by 35 Bridgeport Central High School students.
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Pill to quit drugs? Docs aim to rewire brain
Could a once-a-month alcoholism shot keep heroin addicts from relapse? A drug that wakes up narcoleptics treat cocaine addiction? Researchers are testing to see if medications for other brain diseases can halt relapses. Addiction – Cocaine – Alcoholism – Health – Substance abuse
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A system that fails everyone
UNDER-QUALIFIED. Overworked. Burnt out. Abused. This is the bleak picture painted by a carer in the North-West’s rostered care units – holding places for troubled teens, often suffering drug and alcohol addiction or behavioural problems.
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