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The Daily Herald
Groups help those affected by addiction. Cocaine Anonymous: A nonprofit recovery program for those seeking sobriety or support in staying sober from cocaine and other mind-altering substances. Has groups in Arlington, Edmonds, Everett, Lake Stevens, ...

Misinformation on marijuana cited
Bismarck Tribune
I am writing this to address some misinformation being written. Firstly, the teenage marijuana use in Colorado is not up by 65 percent, it has actually been dropping since legalization. So has alcohol, tobacco and heroin addiction, according to the ...

ABC17News.com
Meth use on the rise in Missouri
ABC17News.com
QULIN, Mo. (AP) - State officials and individuals recovering from addiction say that methamphetamine is on the upswing in Missouri, including rural communities that the drug has already ravaged over decades. Sgt. Mark McClendon of the Missouri Highway ...
Rural Missouri sees increase in methamphetamine use - Herald-WhigHerald-Whig
Rural Missouri sees increase in methamphetamine use - KSNTKSNT News
Rural Missouri sees increase in methamphetamine useSoutheast Missourian
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The Province
Letters to The Province, Oct. 22, 2018: Adding marijuana to addictions mix won't be pretty, reader warns
The Province
We already have very serious problems with alcohol, cigarettes, opioids and gambling, et al., yet we want to add another layer to our misery with marijuana addiction. But, of course, it's because of the money bonanza expected from taxes, which revenue ...

Forbes
Battling Anxiety, Depression, And Tech Addiction In The Workplace
Forbes
This certainly encompasses steps like covered therapy treatments, but Serbinis highlights another intervention that's growing in popularity: medical cannabis. Pain management is one common application (notably as a way to help mitigate the opioid ...

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Wicked Local
LETTERS: Why Newton residents should ban recreational marijuana shops
Wicked Local
I have treated addiction and psychiatric disorders for 35 years. I have concerns about the ballot question opening marijuana shops. Availability: As director of the Newton Youth Drug and Alcohol Program in the 1980s — a cooperative effort between the ...

NBCNews.com
Battling addiction in Orthodox Jewish community means breaking through silence
NBCNews.com
What started as a moment of escape from worries and anxiety became an addiction. And that addiction progressed from drinking and smoking marijuana nearly every day in college to using cocaine, heroin, and popping prescription painkillers. Forman said ...

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WPSD Local 6
Rural Missouri sees increase in methamphetamine use
WPSD Local 6
Qulin resident Dustin Siebert started a support group called Matthew 25 Project for those recovering from meth addiction. Siebert says meth use is growing because Missouri is focusing on opiates. Intensive treatment for uninsured meth users is ...
Rural Missouri sees increase in methamphetamine use - KY3KY3

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KY3
Rural Missouri sees increase in methamphetamine use - KY3
KY3
QULIN, Mo. (AP) — State officials and individuals recovering from addiction say methamphetamine is on the upswing in Missouri, including rural communities ...

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Fox News
Measure 3 debated here: Group reps speak for, against legalizing recreational marijuana
Jamestown Sun
Fischer said that he supports compassionate reform that decriminalizes marijuana but places users in an addiction category where they are referred for treatment. He said it is troubling to read a recreational bill that is purely decriminalization while ...
North Dakota women could buy marijuana-infused 'inserts' for menstrual pain if recreational measure passesFox News

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TheFix.com
Fentanyl In Cocaine Could Be Unintended
TheFix.com
Some people have hypothesized that dealers are trying to get customers hooked on opioids, which are more addictive than cocaine, but Fuentes said this is unlikely. “Nobody's trying to put fentanyl in their shit to get their coke customers [to switch ...

Lawyer Cuban shares testimony of life after addiction
Indiana Lawyer
As his addiction to cocaine grew, Cuban simultaneously practiced as a lawyer, waiting outside chiropractor's office's looking for clients to fund his dependency. He didn't care about his cases, nor his clients, remembering with remorse that he had ...

San Francisco Examiner
Father And Son Behind 'Beautiful Boy' Share Their Story Of Addiction And Recovery
NPR
David Sheff and his son Nic both wrote memoirs about Nic's meth addiction. Their stories are now the basis of a film starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet. Originally broadcast in '08 and '13.
You Have to Watch 'Beautiful Boy,' but Not for the Reasons You ThinkVICE
'Beautiful Boy,' starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, is a repetitious boreSan Francisco Chronicle
'Beautiful Boy' depicts toll of addiction with depthSan Francisco Examiner

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TheFix.com
Wendy Williams Promotes Addiction Treatment With New Billboard
TheFix.com
Williams has a history of cocaine addiction. She says that her drug use affected her life, even while she was successful. “I lost a little over 10 years of my life regarding substance abuse, but I'm now going into Season 10 [of The Wendy Williams Show ...

ModernHealthcare.com
Marijuana in babies? Colo. researchers find new evidence
ModernHealthcare.com
"We are in the opioid crisis due to expanding prescriptions for opioids with little thought to the consequences of widespread use, including use by pregnancy," said Dr. Lauren M. Jansson, director of pediatrics for the Johns Hopkins Center for ...

Greenville News
Amid Upstate's opioid epidemic, people with addiction struggle to find safe recovery homes
Greenville News
After three overdoses, 16 failed rehab programs and a handful of jail visits, Smith became addicted to prescription opiates, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. He was sleeping in an abandoned house in Anderson, stealing anything he could to get his ...

93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
State study panel makes no recommendation on medical marijuana
Indianapolis Business Journal
Several doctors told the committee that they believe allowing medical marijuana use would curb the ongoing opioid epidemic in Indiana, because patients could use marijuana—a much less addictive substance—instead of opioids to deal with pain.
After long medical marijuana hearing, lawmakers make no recommendationIndiana Lawyer
Holcomb: Indiana Could Legalize Medical Marijuana -- but Not Yet93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
Medicinal marijuana likely to be debated during 2019 Indiana General Assemblynwitimes.com

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