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Pain Med Addiction Skyrocketed Over The Last Decade In USA
In 1998 2.2% of drug rehab patients were being treated for addiction to prescription pain relievers, in 2008 the percentage grew to 9.8%; more than a four-fold increase, according to a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This sharp rise in rehab admissions linked to these types of medications affected people of all ages (over 12 years), sexes, and …
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Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction

Libby Cataldi was the head of a private school and prided herself on being attuned to the problems her students endured. So how was it that she missed her own son Jeff’s descent into addiction, even as he escalated to more and more dangerous drugs? How did Jeff, a loving brother and son, and a star athlete, start using in the first place? And how could Libby help him without risking the rest of her family?Stagli vicino”, an Italian recovering addict told the author. Stay closenever leave him, even when he is most unlovable.” This is not a book about how to save a child. It is a book about what it means to stay close to a loved one gripped by addiction. It is about one son who came home and one mother who never gave up hope.Stay Close is one mother’s tough, honest, and intimate tale that chronicles her son’s severe drug addiction, as it corroded all relationships from the inside out. It is a story of deep trauma and deep despair, but also of deep hopeand healing. He to

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Drug to curb sweet cravings
Australian researchers have developed a drug that may combat overeating by making sweet food less pleasurable.
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