Dr. Phil Interviews the Interventionist on Prescription Drug Abuse
Dr. Phil Interviews the Interventionist on Prescription Drug Abuse – Joani Gammill, author of the Hazelden published book, The Interventionist, appeared on the nationally syndicated CBS show “Dr. Phil.” The episode features Gammill’s work with a woman who is addicted to prescription medications. Gammill a registered nurse who first met Dr. Phil when she revealed her own addiction to prescription painkillers, including her near-fatal morphine overdose. Through a life-changing intervention staged by Dr. Phil on his show, Gammill not only committed to getting help for her addiction but she went on to become a professional interventionist helping countless others. For more information about Hazelden, please visit www.hazelden.org or call 800-257-7810.
Obama's Second-Term BFD Agenda
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Representatives of the hospitals, doctors, drug companies, and to an extent even the insurance industry were signaling cooperation, and all the key Democratic leaders on both sides of Capitol Hill were on board. As another …. This is the core of the …
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Legal marijuana has effects on Mac, Kansas
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A study released in 2012 by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and the MetLife Foundation found marijuana use has increased by 80 percent in Southern California teens since 2008. “We are producing a generations of kids who are … However, with about 12.8 …
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The 10 reasons it's unfair to compare gay and straight parents
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Representatives of the Catholic Church and a group of authors speaking at the Heritage Foundation recently ranked LGBTQ parents in a way that was unfounded, ridiculous, untrue and frankly, bizarre. At best, it was bitterly unfair. At the Heritage …
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54% of Kentuckians have been prescribed opioid pain relievers
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“While these types of medications are important for controlling pain in patients who need them, opioids also carry the potential for abuse,” said Dr. Susan Zepeda, president/CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. “Our state ranks sixth in the …
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