Addiction: Is Addiction Really a Disease? (DVD Trailer)

Published January 10, 2014

Addiction: Is addiction really a disease? (DVD Trailer) – Dr. Kevin McCauley asks the question, “Is addiction really a disease?” Dr. McCauley discusses the importance of this question then introduces viewers to the …

Vt. community discusses prescription drug abuse
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Community members in the Vermont town of St. Johnsbury are holding a forum on prescription drug abuse. The forum on Tuesday night is inspired by Barnet filmmaker Bess O'Brien's documentary "The Hungry Heart," which profiles …
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Weighing the Importance of Easing Patients' Pain Against Possible Drug Abuse
But a proposal to prevent this from happening is raising another concern: that easing access to painkillers will worsen a growing crisis with patients becoming addicted to opioids and other powerful drugs. The final days of the state legislative …
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Attorney general proposes ideas to fight drug abuse
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association opposes the change, however, arguing it limits legitimate buyers' choice of drugs. Carlos Gutierrez, the organization's senior director and head of state government affairs, pointed out Monday that West …
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