Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story
Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story – Stacy, a 39-year old Traverse City woman, tells the compelling story of her journey from a normal life as a college-educated doctor’s wife and mother of three, to the dark world of prescription drug addiction and abuse. Follow Stacy’s story, and find out what finally made her seek treatment and get clean. In 2007, 16.3 million Americans age 12 and older took prescription pain relivers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives for non-medical purposes.* Prescription drug abouse is a real and growing problem in northern Michigan and across the country. * Nidamed 4/20/09 www.munsonhealthcare.org/behavioralhealth
The west's awake, and Hector doesn't let you forget it
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Dr Katherine O'Donnell, who collected survivors' stories on behalf of the Justice for Magdalenes campaign, told its presenter, Audrey Carville, that 800 pages of written testimony had effectively been omitted from Senator Martin McAleese's report on …
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Living with someone living with addiction
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Orman Hall, director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, gave a rough estimate in October that 200,000 Ohioans were addicted to prescription opiates or heroin, the chemically similar, often cheaper alternative to these pain …
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A NEW epi of the @FFAmerika podcast is now available! Guest:@The_Turkeys Topic: Drug Legalization & Addiction Stories.http://t.co/iTWNA5Qv – by FFAmerika (Filter Free Amerika)
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Great stories of healing and deliverance from drug and alcohol addiction in church this morning! #godisreal #godisgood #morelord! – by leoja (Joel Arndt)
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A Q&A with @Chris_Arnade, a #writer/#photographer, who captures the stories and faces of addiction on Flickr http://t.co/a4oQcPGj – by SArtistApp (Starving Artist App)