Childhood Abuse, Life on Street Linked to Use

Published December 23, 2012

Childhood abuse, life on street linked to use

Filed under: Cocaine Addiction Treatment Centers

A pair of multi-year studies from the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and UBC found that homelessness and childhood abuse are linked to intravenous drug use in youth. Two separate studies set out to determine why some young … "Ideally, we'd do …
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Want to quit smoking – again? You are not alone

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Lawson is typical of most smokers, according to Dr. Paul Cinciripini, deputy chair of the Department of Behavioral Science and director of the Tobacco Treatment Program at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Three features of Lawson's …
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Rock Hill man gets 25 years in prison for attack on girlfriend, her son

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Now “clean and sober,” Danny Ray Pittman confessed to a judge that he battled a drug addiction and then begged for mercy before pleading guilty to brutally beating his girlfriend and her teenage son in February. “I have the highest regard for … Both …
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