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When Mary Smith pulled the car off the road to answer her mobile and hear the news of her father’s death, she felt just “a calm relief”. “Really, I had lost my dad many years before. His mind had gone at least four years before,” said Smith (not her real name). “Sometimes I think about….
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Are you thinking about getting help for yourself or for someone you love who is addicted to drugs? Choosing the right substance abuse treatment for yourself or for someone you love can take time but the end result is well worth the effort. Taking a step back and looking at yourself, your lifestyle, your individual….
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A group of Canadian researchers has demonstrated the truth of a practice commonly used in European countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland: Heroin can be an effective treatment for chronic, relapsing heroin addicts. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study is “the first rigorous test of the approach performed in North America,”….
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