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		<title>New Breakthrough in Addiction Treatment Focuses on Disease&#039;s Effect on Brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would have guessed some of the newest options for treating the brain in one&#8217;s addiction would be medications already in use for things like narcolepsy or antidepressants? An article published by the Associated Press explains how drugs already in use might affect the brain&#8217;s addiction to certain substances, from cocaine to methamphetamines.
Through the use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping Addict Duff Comes Clean</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be no biggie when the rich and famous call themselves “shopping addicts,” as Hilary Duff “jokingly” claims in this month&#8217;s issue of the shopping magazine Lucky (reported by MTV),
but what happens when the silliness of Duff&#8217;s apparently controlled addiction turns into something much more detrimental, something like Michael Jackson&#8217;s? He never learned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As WV Senate Tackles Prescription Drug Abuse, Ambitious Business Women Battle Its Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 2nd West Virginia’s senate cleared a bill aimed at tackling prescription drug abuse. Modeled after New York’s program, it utilizes a national database physicians must use in order to prescribe or dispense painkillers and other drugs. Hoping to not only save the state money, but also tackle a problem robbing the nation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction and Mental Health Parity explained</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the mental health parity laws going into effect in October of 2009, the levels of health care available to those struggling from addiction or mental health issues have increased. Under the new Wellstone Parity Act, group health policies and employers must provide equal or higher coverage to addiction and mental illness as they would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative College Recovery Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more and more adolescents and young adults seeking drug and alcohol treatment, there have been some distinct innovations in the recovery sector of colleges. According to research done at Yale University, adolescents and young adults are more prone to addiction due to their still-developing brains. There are nearly 50,000 college-age kids in America who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suboxone- the pluses and minuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suboxone (or buprenorphin) seems to be all the rage these days. With the power of the multi-lateral corporation Reckitt Benckiser (whose exclusive license on Suboxone brought in fifteen percent of their overall revenue in 2009), a huge push is being made to medical doctors to prescribe Suboxone as a way to combat heroin use. Since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Substance Abuse levels in older adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a press release by SAMHSA, treatment providers and families should be expecting a &#8220;dramatic increase&#8221; in substance abuse among adults 50 and older.The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the US government agency faced with the goal of improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Issues on the Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study from San Diego State University found that FIVE TIMES as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues as youth of the same age who were studied in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
&#8220;It&#8217;s another piece of the puzzle &#8220;” that yes, this does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new year, a new start.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a new year (and a new decade as well, depending on who you ask) upon us, we in the addiction world often see many people come to us with New Years resolutions, things such as:
&#8220;2010 will be the year I get sober.&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe I should cut down on my drinking.&#8221;
&#8220;This is the year I talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction at Home and in the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. A. Thomas McLellan, one of the leading researchers on addiction and a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, recently shared his story with the New York Times. Dr. McLellan recently accepted a position with the U.S. government, at the invitation of Vice President Joe Biden, to be the nation&#8217;s number two drug control [...]]]></description>
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