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		<title>Signs and Symptoms of Drug Abuse and Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 20:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you know when your loved-one has surpassed the point of casual drug use and ventured into the dark territory of abuse and addiction?
Determining whether someone you care about has become addicted to drugs is difficult for many, not simply because the signs aren&#8217;t obvious, but because many times it&#8217;s difficult to admit someone [...]]]></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>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>Recovery and the Holiday Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays tend to be a tough time for any family struggling with substance abuse or other compulsive disorders. Since there seems to be quite a bit of family time, a family member who may be using drugs or recently out of treatment will most certainly be exposed to more family time than they&#8217;re used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction in the news</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few of newsworthy items came across our desks over the last couple of weeks. First and foremost, Andre Agassi, a former professional tennis player ranked number one in the world for a few years, admitted in his new autobiography &#8220;Open&#8221; that during 1997, one of his worst professional seasons, he was using crystal meth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worldwide Heroin Problems Growing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like CNN has been reading our blog! A post of theirs last night talked about treating heroin addicts with heroin, something we wrote about almost a month ago. Glad to see a large media source picking up on the news, and making it a topic of discussion.
A headlining article on the CNN website today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Genetic Link to Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article on CNNMoney.com today spoke about the genetic link to addiction. Although widely acknowledged throughout the addiction treatment community, itâ€™s nice to see additional research showing the link between addiction and genetics. According to Dr. David Goldman, the director of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said that according to the massive study they completed of addiction in twins, addiction ranks â€œamong the most heritable of mental illnesses.â€]]></description>
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		<title>Overdose News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an article posted yesterday night on USA Today, prescription drugs and other pills are now the leading cause of overdosing, ahead of things like heroin and cocaine. According to the Center For Disease Control, prescription pills now account for the majority of the over 26,000 fatal overdoses each year. In previous years, up [...]]]></description>
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