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About Addiction: Alcohol and the Elderly, Oxycontin, and Drug Stigma
Are you ready for some more exciting information about addiction? Well, it’s here anyway so you might as well look. We try to make A3 the central place where you can find out about addiction matters (saving you the typing work) so if there are any topics we’re not covering, make sure to write us!…
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“Addicted” – Recovered and Helping: The reality (tv) of addiction treatment.
With the success of shows like A&E’s Intervention and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, America has shown an almost insatiable appetite for television programs that deal with addiction. Whether this reflects the breadth and depth of the addiction problem in this country or a national appetite for tragedy and schadenfreude is open for debate, but…
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Dr. Drew Pinsky – America’s addiction guru in the NY Times
An article in today’s NY Times magazine section discusses the world according to Dr. Drew. Being an addiction specialist myself, I obviously couldn’t resist devouring it, even though I’m in Belgium at the moment. Dr. Drew the good and bad The article was a wonderfully written piece that dealt with much of the irony in…