Painter Thomas Kinkade’s Death Provides More Proof that Addiction Can be Deadly

Narconon Arrowhead shares regrets over the loss of another artist to drug and alcohol addiction.(PRWEB) May 15, 2012 Most people already know that drug and alcohol abuse present a deadly threat. But when we lose someone famous to an overdose of drugs or alcohol, it serves as a wake-up call for anyone who hopes it will never happen to him (or her). Or maybe there’s a mom or dad that relies on …

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Addiction Treatment Update

Significant changes are coming to the way Pennsylvania operates   drug and alcohol programs. Local supporters of those efforts got an update on the plans on Friday morning.

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Research and Markets: Alcohol Addiction – Pipeline Review, H1 2012

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Alcohol Addiction – Pip

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Addiction Series: Drug and Alcohol

The National Institute of Drug Abuse estimates ten percent of Americans have a drug or alcohol problem.

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Rising Alcohol Addiction Concerns Iranian Health Ministry

The Iranian Ministry of Health says the consumption of alcoholic beverages has reached alarming levels in the southern areas of Tehran. Some reports indicate that large alcohol shipments enter the country through certain government portals with the supervision of government officials.

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One in eight deaths before retirement is caused by alcohol, study finds

Alcohol abuse causes one in eight deaths of British adults aged between 15 and 64, a conference of addiction specialists in Newcastle has heard.

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Research and Markets: Alcohol Addiction – Pipeline Review, H1 2012

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Alcohol Addiction – Pip

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Stanton Peele: Politics in the Diagnosis of Addiction

There is an inescapable conceptual struggle when dealing with America's volatile history of, and attitudes towards, substance use. In other words, the meaning of addiction is a never-ending American, and thus worldwide, cultural debate.

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S’pore residents’ alcohol, gambling addiction rates revealed

SINGAPORE: Surveys show that alcohol addiction affects about 0.5 per cent of Singapore adult residents, while about 1.4 per cent are probable pathological gamblers.

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Ground broken on drug, alcohol addiction treatment center

Addiction is a disease that knows no boundaries. After more than a decade of trying, however, Lehigh County officials said a detoxification and treatment program will soon be offered. "We had been probably the largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania that did not have its own alcohol and drug rehabilitation program," said Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham. After a decade of setbacks …

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