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Learn To Cope to bring hope to loved ones of opioid addicts

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Responding to her son's addiction with the fierce resolve of a mama lion, Peterson formed an organization to help those struggling against opioid addiction, Learn To Cope. Later this month, Learn To Cope will hold its first meeting in New Bedford. “I …
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The Meadow Wickenburg Offers Special Program Pricing Through January 2014

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The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center in Wickenburg, Ariz., is offering special program pricing through January 2014 for inpatient treatment at The Meadows, a leader in trauma and addiction treatment, and Dawn at The Meadows, a program for …
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Vermont gov. confronts deadly heroin crisis as public health problem

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Peter Shumlin, the governor of Vermont, urged residents to open their eyes to the growing problem in their front yards, rather than leaving it only to law enforcement, medical personnel and addiction treatment providers. Shumlin argued the facts speak …
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A Pill to Cure Addiction?

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New research is identifying the molecular reasons why alcohol and drug habits are so difficult to break, which could point the way to new medicines to help addicts go cold turkey. Scientists have known for years how heavy use of alcohol and drugs works …
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