Zac Efron Wears Six-Month Sobriety Chip to Lakers Game
... game wearing a blue Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety chip … Read more on Huffington Post Trey Radel interview: After cocaine arrest, congressman aims for 'successful year' He described his stay at the treatment center as "life-changing," and said he's attending church… Continue reading
Advocate Shares Tips for Reporting Child Abuse
... informs her understanding and insights into the consequences of child abuse. Read more on Marietta Daily Journal Amphetamine abuse the leading problem for people seeking treatment for drug … Lavina, 22, hopes to be one of Odyssey House's success… Continue reading
Another Suspected Heroin Overdose in Torrington, Nine Related Deaths in 2013
... in 2013 TORRINGTON >> A 20-year-old man was treated and released from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Wednesday after he was found unconscious and transported via an ambulance for what police suspect was a heroin overdose. Torrington Police Lt. Bruce Whiteley… Continue reading
Letters: Key to Drug Prevention Is Support, Early Intervention
... Key to drug prevention is support, early intervention The recent article citing the coroner's information on the heroin epidemic is alarming, and certainly in keeping with what I am seeing in the patients I treat. I am an addictionologist… Continue reading
Wildwood Grappling With Cape May County's Heroin Epidemic
... grappling with Cape May County's heroin epidemic One of the most significant effects of heroin use is addiction. With regular heroin use, tolerance to the drug develops. Once this happens, the abuser must use more heroin to achieve the… Continue reading