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American Society of Addiction Medicine – Dedicated to educating physicians on addiction and treatment.

International Nurses Society on Addictions – Advance excellence in addiction treatment, intervention and prevention.

Society of Addiction Psychology – Promotes advances in research, professional training and clinical practice within the range of addiction behaviors.

Florida Society of Addiction Medicine – Florida based addiction medicine and information.

Massachusetts Chapter American Society of Addiction Medicine – Information and support for addiction treatment professionals.

How Does Alcohol Affect the World of a Child – From NIAAA Brochure, an overview of alcoholism and the effects of alcohol abuse on society.

Drug Abuse & Addiction are Major Burdens to Society – Economic costs and effects of drug abuse.

Stairways to Recovery – University of Pennsylvania Health System economic impact of drug addiction on society.

Saint Matthew’s Churches – Drug & Alcohol effects on society and what we can do to help.

Challenges and Issues in Addiction – Learn Genetics provides a historical view of the disease of addiction and its effect on society.

Science Education on Drug Abuse & Addiction – Textbook case study on drug abuse and the views of society on those who choose to use drugs.

A Sociohistorical View of Addiction and Alcoholism – An overview of the views that have formed the ground of the current version of the “truth” about drugs.

Is youth drinking worse than we think?

The public perceives youth drinking in North Dakota as less of a problem than people who work closely with alcohol prevention, a new survey shows. Among adults surveyed in North Dakota, 41.3 percent perceived alcohol use by youths as a serious problem, according to the North Dakota Department of Human Services and Minot State University…..

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Proposition 5: Policy limits drug abuse

By JIM EGAR In early 2000, I watched as a 45-year-old African-American defendant was led out of court in handcuffs after having been sentenced to prison for possessing a tenth of a gram of cocaine. His wife, mother, employer and attorney asked the judge to send him for mandatory residential drug treatment with drug tests,….

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Violence Against the Homeless: Is It a Hate Crime?

The chapel at Immanuel Presbyterian Church was filled to capacity last Saturday afternoon, with mourners moving up to the balcony. Much to the surprise of his family, hundreds — from infants to senior citizens — came to honor John Robert McGraham, a homeless man who was brutally murdered on Oct. 9. McGraham, 55, was doused….

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Cocaine traffickers switch from boats to submarines as they swamp US with drugs

Colombia’s drug barons used to favour high-speed powerboats to export their deadly cargos, leading law enforcers on high-speed chases as they swamped America with narcotics. Now, in an attempt to evade American surveillance, they are diverting their smuggling trade beneath the waves. Coast Guard and military patrols have reported a dramatic increase in do-it-yourself “semi-submersible”….

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Take it from a former binge drinker

The ancient Egyptian text of the Papyrus Antastasi gave a look into the satirical, yet advanced minds of society. One quote from this text said the following: “Don’t undertake to drink a whole pitcher of beer. Because if you then talk, from your mouth comes nonsense.” Didn’t we learn anything from the ancient Egyptians? Drinking….

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Courts Give Some Addicts Chance to Straighten Out

SEATTLE — It was not your usual courtroom scene. For one thing, the judge choked up as he described one woman’s struggle with opiate addiction after her arrest for forging prescriptions. Over the last three years, she had repeatedly missed court-ordered therapy and hearings, and the judge, J. Wesley Saint Clair of the Drug Diversion….

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Five policies on mental health and addiction

Addiction and mental health

This week – the countdown toward the federal election – has been Mental Illness Awareness week. The cost of mental illness to the Canadian economy in terms of health care and lost productivity is estimated to be $51 billion a year. Given the absence of mental health and addiction issues from the campaign, it appears….

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A risky drug plan

Eight years ago, Californians approved Proposition 36, which was designed to send drug offenders into treatment instead of prison. Proposition 5, on the Nov. 4 ballot, would take this concept a step further. Many prosecutors and judges who deal with drug-related crime make a compelling case that this measure goes too far – and would….

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Alaska alcohol: Bootleg bounty?

At the Barrow Distribution Centre business is brisk, and so it should be as the only place for 200 miles (320 km) where you can get alcohol. Locals trot eagerly up the icy front steps, before emerging to struggle back down laden with cases of beer, bottles of spirits and boxes of red wine. There….

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