A Daughter’s Struggle: How Drug Abuse Hurts Families and Relationships


 

A Daughter’s Struggle: how drug abuse hurts families and relationships – Inspired by a letter from a daughter to her mother, this video shows how abuse of prescription drugs – a common problem – can affect relationships and families.

 

Drug addiction devastates society, stresses anti-narcotics exhibition

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Dubai Police's Drug Hazard Awareness Section made a telling presentation on the need to raise public awareness in order to safeguard the community and the country's socio-cultural fabric from the hazards of drug addiction. … “The Awareness and …
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The ladder of addiction

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Then the doctor put him on another drug for alcoholics called Campral, but that didn't slow him down either. As a last-ditch effort he was prescribed Antabuse – a very serious drug for alcoholics that results in very dangerous side-effects if you drink …
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Opioid Receptor Discovery Could Lead To Painkillers With Fewer Side Effects

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The discovery of a new binding site in pain-sensing nerve cells could lead to prescription drugs that are as effective as morphine, Vicodin, and Oxycontin, but have lower risk of side effects, tolerance, and addiction. By Ashik Siddique | Jun 10, 2013 …
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