Candy, cash, gifts: How rewards help recovery from addiction

Harold Lewis has been preventing drug addiction for decades, but only lately commenced imagining restoration could be enjoyment. The 59-calendar year-old previous prepare dinner gained modest prizes — sweet, gum,…

County bringing former NBA player back to discuss addiction | News, Sports, Jobs

&#13 &#13 &#13 OBSERVER Photograph by Scott Kindberg Ex-NBA player Chris Herren told his personalized story to a group at Jamestown Substantial School’s Merton P. Corwin Auditorium on Jan. 6.…

Ben Cousins looks happy and healthy at a fan meet and greet after AFL star overcomes drug addiction

Troubled AFL star Ben Cousins recently turned his life around after overcoming an addiction to meth.  And the West Coast Eagles great, 44, looked to be in the best shape…

World-first study by Auckland scientists hopes to show genetic link to codeine addiction

Some men and women are “ultra-immediate metabolisers” of the opioid codeine. A staff of Auckland College researchers believes they are also more likely to misuse the drug and grow to…

Proposed Red Lodge addiction treatment center getting push back from neighbors

Red LODGE — A Billings group believes they have found the ideal place in Carbon County for a new drug and liquor addiction procedure centre, but neighbors aren’t so confident. Monthly bill…

Stigma among doctors is key culprit in addiction crisis

WASHINGTON — Rahul Gupta is no stranger to the nationwide habit crisis. Drug use and overdose described his tenure as the prime wellbeing official in West Virginia, arguably the state…