Doncaster Scheme to Help Drug and Alcohol Victims to Be Expanded
Doncaster scheme to help drug and alcohol victims to be expanded
Filed under: addiction help for families
The course is run one day a week for 12 weeks and covers aspects of supporting people, from confidentiality and boundaries issues, models of addiction, the cycle of change and the range of recovery support interventions that are on offer. RDaSH service …
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Bell Island drunk driver concedes his 'horrible mistake'
Filed under: addiction help for families
In sentencing John Dobbin, the judge took into consideration that Dobbin had a positive pre-sentence report, which deemed him a low risk to reoffend, and the fact that Dobbin is taking steps to deal with his addiction to alcohol. However, Skanes noted …
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Time for a new poppy policy in Afghanistan
Filed under: addiction help for families
Due to lack of funding for a treatment centre or any existing health care services in the district, the addiction is passed from one generation to the next. Most provincial counter-narcotics officials who spoke with IRIN point to funding as the source …
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Longtime Marijuana Use Linked With Decreased Motivation, Study Finds
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Researchers in the United Kingdom scanned the brains of 19 regular marijuana users, and 19 nonusers of the same sex and age, using positron emission tomography (PET), which helps measure the distribution of chemicals throughout the brain. They found …
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