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hi mark, just wanted to let you
know that I echo the sentiments of many of your fans. I listened to you on
CFYI and it was the best. I was going
through hell with my teenage daughter
who was in the midst of rehab in the states and you really helped provide
invaluable info and advice. As parents, we attended the Hazelden program
and also attend fam. anon. meetings .
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Oxycontin
The problem is
the addiction, not the prescription
By Dr. David Marley
The Asheville Citizen-Times
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Much has been made by the media of the
recent cases of abuse of the drug Oxycontin. Now we have individuals and
state agencies trying to sue the drug’s manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, for
creating the problem. As someone who has practiced in both the fields of
addiction as well as pharmacy, I must say "enough already!’’
The problem is the disease of addiction, not one particular drug or drug
manufacturer. Drug addiction, although recognized as a treatable chronic
disease, still tends to be moralized by many in society. If we are talking
about alcohol, society imposes a "wet moral model" meaning it’s OK to
drink, until you drink too much, and then the individual is deemed to be
immoral, rather than ill. With other drugs, it’s a "dry moral model"
meaning any drug use is immoral.
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Oxycontin
Fighting drug abuse isn't as simple as popping a new pill
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EDITORIAL - THE
ROANOKE TIMES |
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Efforts to develop an OxyContin
alternative offer hope. But even that won't inoculate
communities against drug abuse.
PURDUE PHARMA'S announcement Wednesday of a new,
abuse-resistant drug that might be a substitute for the
powerful opioid OxyContin is more than welcome.
Southwest Virginia, ravaged by death and crimes connected to
the pain-killer's misuse, can expect some relief - in,
perhaps, three years. If the new formula proves successful
in clinical studies and it gets the approval of the Food and
Drug Administration.
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The Agony of Ecstasy
Unclear view of
'ecstasy' arises as experts evaluate dangers, therapeutic
potential
By EMILY RAMSHAW / The Dallas Morning News
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"Ecstasy"
has arrived – not just in the drug scene, or in the lives of
the rich and famous, but on the doorsteps of schools and
neighborhoods across the United States.
The drug is also knocking at controversy's door: As some
experts emphasize anecdotal evidence of ecstasy's potential
therapeutic value, scientific studies are beginning to reveal
the risks of brain damage from long-term use.
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She’s Got the
Power
Move Over Oprah, It’s
Iyanla
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| Best-selling author Iyanla
Vanzant will host a new talk show this week.
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N E W Y O R K, Aug.
10 — With a big smile and "You got the power" as a mantra,
Iyanla Vanzant is syndicated TV's next great hope: she is equal
parts counselor, spiritual guru, girlfriend and most of all,
survivor.
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Denver:
Homeless youths report drug abuse,
'survival sex'
By
Carol
Kreck
Denver Post
| Drug and alcohol
abuse among Denver street youth is rampant, and more than one out of 10
who took part in a survey had engaged in "survival sex," exchanging
their bodies for money, food, shelter and drugs.
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DIVORCE: Can it feel this good?
Nicole Kidman's
joyous face after completing her divorce from Tom Cruise tells a
story. Kathryn Hughes asks why women often fare better after
the break-up
Sunday August 12,
2001
The Observer
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It is the moment that every
woman - or at least every one who has had to endure an unhappy
marriage - recognises. Head thrown back, actress Nicole Kidman
lets out a scream of joy at the realisation that, this time,
it really is over. More... |
Among Women, Smoking Is
Especially Destructive
By Judy Mann
Washington Post
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Diane Stover is the chief of pulmonary medicine at
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Eighty
percent of the diseases she treats are related to smoking. And
she's got a special warning for women: Smoking hurts you more than
it hurts men, and it hurts you at every stage of your life.
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State
Prison Population Drops
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Inmates on a chain line
AP/John Burgess [15K]
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people behind
bars in state prisons fell during the second half of 2000 in the
first decrease since 1972, the Justice Department said Sunday.
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Dr Steven R. Miller Ph.D
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Sex sells, and nowhere more boldly than in ads for booze and cigarettes. Match wits with America's leading ad agencies (the same folks who brought you snake oil and lung cancer) as they pull out all the stops in their bid for your addiction dollar, in BabeMatch. |
Today's Thought
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
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