Insurance Coverage of Mental Health Addiction Treatment Your Rights Resources

Insurance Coverage of Mental Health Addiction Treatment Your Rights Resources – Hosted by the Maryland Coalition of Families Your insurance company may provide coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatments, but what can you d…

Corporal Punishment has Life-long Repercussions

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Corporal punishment is linked to cancer and a multitude of health maladies, massive school drop-outs, mood and anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, cardio-vascular disease, arthritis, obesity, wife-beatings, muggings and other social misbehaviour …
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Is obesity a form of addiction?

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For years, researchers have been probing the possibility that obesity and addiction overlap, with emerging evidence suggesting that the same reward circuits in the brain that are activated by drugs also respond to calories. Obese people, the thinking …
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MA ACLU: Building on Atty. General Holder's drug sentencing reforms

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Worst of all, this approach has not worked: rates of drug addiction have not gone down, and the generational cycle of addiction, crime and incarceration continues to grow. Indeed, criminalizing … It focuses on punishment rather than treatment. It …
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