January 2013

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Alcoholics & Their Family

Despite the common acceptance of drinking in our culture, the destructiveness of alcohol cannot be ignored. In 1956 the American Medical Association recognized alcoholism as a disease. Prior to this, [...]

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Methods of Family Therapy by Pat Jones

Abstinence may be as hard or even harder than drinking for the alcoholic because it reveals so many problems that were obscured by the family’s focus on alcohol. Denial remains as [...]

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Addiction Prevention Begins in the Crib

Gabor Mate doesn’t believe in hope. After years working with drug addicts on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the Hungarian doctor doesn’t have time or patience for it. “Hope is all about the future; [...]

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Legalizing of Marijuana Raises Health Concerns

In the ’60s, marijuana was a hallmark of the counterculture, along with free love, bell bottoms, long hair and bandannas. But marijuana has had the most staying power. This month, [...]

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Tobacco Myths & Facts

Every society has its own drugs. But what constitutes a drug? A drug is any substance that modifies bodily functions. A psychoactive drug is any substance that affects the central [...]

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Prescription Drug Deaths And the Drug Industry

Terence Young, Member of Parliament for Oakville, Ontario, is the founder and Chair of Drug Safety Canada, a research and public advocacy organization based in Oakville. He has been active [...]

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Toxic People. Toxic Relationships.

What They Are and Why to Avoid Them by Marcia Purse Long ago, before I was even diagnosed with depression (my first psychologist had said I was “highly neurotic”), I was [...]

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Marijuana - Interesting Facts

There are 2,500 to 3,500 species of flowering plants Various uses around the world and in history included: Medicinal value Poisons Psychoactive Religious ceremonies Magic Initiation into puberty Escape reality [...]

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