A Bitcoin Boss's Bust Spotlights the Cryptocurrency's Link to Online Drug Sales
It's been a rough 24 hours for drug users, Bitcoin aficionados, and multi-millionaire twins played by Armey Hammer in Social Network. In a move heard round the Internet, the well-respected CEO of a Bitcoin exchange, along with a 52-year-old co …
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Darryl Strawberry is opening a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Florida
… planning to open a drug rehabilitation center in Florida. Strawberry, who famously struggled with alcohol and drug addiction during his playing career, will open the center in St. Cloud, Fla., and offer treatment to professional athletes and the …
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The Watershed Opens New Facility in Texas
The Watershed, a leading drug and alcohol treatment center, headquartered in South Florida, officially opened its doors on January 15th to a premier 28-bed facility in Clear Lake serving the Southeast Texas community. The Watershed Addiction Treatment …
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Former Edmond pastor joins Florida treatment center leadership
Charles W. Robinson III, former pastor of recovery at Edmond's Henderson Hills Baptist Church, has joined Elements Behavioral Health and will work to enhance and expand its Christian addiction treatment program at The Recovery Place in Florida.
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Hepatitis C: Treated – at a price
Since 2012, both of their lives have been transformed after switching to an alternative experimental medicine that offered quicker, simpler and more effective treatment to them – and soon potentially to millions of other patients around the world. Ms …
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Pfizer NSCLC Medication Ineffective in Trials for Lung Cancer Treatment
The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, announced that its lung cancer drug, dacomitinib, is not effective in treating non-small cell lung cancer, contrary to the company's initial speculation and hope for the medication. After a series of studies, Pfizer …
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Pastor establishes service to help those troubled by alcohol or drug abuse
"People who are co-dependent, this is a place to come, to share a story, maybe help them with their journey to sobriety," she said. A few of the attendees shared personal stories of how alcohol and drug abuse touched their lives. Comments ranged from …
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Thomas Koch: Governor's drug addiction initiative deserves wide support
We must address it as a public health crisis, providing treatment and support, rather than simply doling out punishment, claiming victory, and moving on to our next conviction.” That point is critical. It is easy to look at drug addiction as a bad …
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Editorial: Anti-heroin measures help drug addiction battle
Heroin use has increased in Wisconsin as deaths from overdoses has skyrocketed in Brown County alone. Heroin-related arrests are on the rise. Businesses have complained about trying to find job candidates who can pass a pre-employment drug test.
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Research Links Severe Mental Illness And Substance Use
… in psychiatry and addiction issues. The Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis and the University of Southern California jointly conducted a study of nearly 20,000 individuals, 9,142 of which were diagnosed with severe psychotic …
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Alcohol Justice To Bring REEL Recovery Film Festival To San Francisco Bay …
The four-day festival will present select feature-length and short, fictional and factual alcohol and drug addiction themed films that highlight the disease as well as the hope and opportunity for recovery. There will be expert panel discussions …
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Addiction treatment facility doubles
The Oxford Centre is a residential addiction treatment center, and the current detour to reach it through miles of narrow backroads and numerous turns is an apt metaphor for the addiction recovery journey itself: When the easy route is no longer …
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Committee To Study Drug Addiction Treatment
BOSTON — Citing a rise in overdose deaths, the Massachusetts Senate will create a special committee to study the application of a state law that allows the court system to commit certain individuals to inpatient substance abuse treatment facilities …
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State of the State address targets Vt. drug problem
In addition, Shumlin said he will ask for more spending for statewide recovery centers, as well as funding for substance abuse and mental health treatment services for those on state assistance, in his 2015 budget proposal. That will represent more …
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