Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 7

Published November 17, 2012

Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 7 – The characteristics of relapse and the stigma of addiction are discussed by Dr. Harry Haroutunian, Physician Director of Betty Ford Center.

Alcohol is half the problem for substance abusers

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

Alcohol continues to account for nearly half of government-funded substance abuse treatment in Australia. A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows 47% of drug treatments carried out between 2010-11 were for problems …
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Synthetic drug-use in Europe at all-time high: agency

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

While cocaine and cannabis remain the most popular illicit drugs, new synthetic substances are being detected at a rate of about one a week — a fast-rising trend, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). A …
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