Getting Help for Addiction

Published December 5, 2012

Getting Help For Addiction – KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon, interviews Dr. Vern Williams, medical director of Hazelden in Newberg, Oregon, in light of Charlie Sheen’s ’20/20′ interview regarding treatment for addiction. Williams explains how to get help and/or seek treatment, and why Sheen discredited treatment for addiction. For more information about Hazelden, please visit www.hazelden.org or call 800-257-7810.

Judge: Medical pot law not precluded by federal regulations

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Gordon acknowledged that Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act to combat drug abuse and to control the legitimate and illegitimate traffic of drugs. That law classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug for which there is no … In fact, Horne …
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Students told how opiates wreck lives

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Her own father, Jack Olson, had battled with a variety of drug addictions throughout her childhood, and she felt compelled to inform her peers about the dangers or substance abuse. “My dad here today is eight years clean and my best friend,” she said …
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