Accused Hep C Doctor Had History of Drug Abuse – WA Today

Accused Hep C doctor had history of drug abuse – WA today
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He said the hospital’s director of anaesthesia at the time, John Paul, had developed an interest in rehabilitating anaesthetists who had struggled with drug addiction. Dr Warhaft, now an addiction medicine specialist, told Victoria’s Medico-Legal Society …
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Drug addiction support group to meet – Charleston Gazette
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If you’re a family member or friend of someone with a drug addiction and are interested in organizing a support group, Kanawha Communities that Care is looking for you. The organization, which aims to increase awareness of substance abuse-related programs …
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Experts Debate New Labels for Alcohol, Drug Addiction – nola.com
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The new guidelines would do away with the diagnostic categories of “substance abuse,” which … have to fight for addiction treatment,” says Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer at Hazelden, a Minnesota nonprofit that runs drug and alcohol treatment …
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Boy born an addict detained for travelling in stolen car

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The defence also asked the judge to note that the boy had a difficult background and his parents had “a long history of drug abuse”. “When he was born there was a period of time he was weaned off, for eight weeks, because of his mother's addiction,” …
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Substance abuse on the rise among boomers

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Drug addiction is typically associated with young adults, not with retirees. But as the baby-boom generation, now ages 48 to 66, expands the ranks of an already-sizeable older population, substance abuse is on the rise among elders.
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