Sentences with phrase «said addiction to drugs»

She, like the other candidates, said addiction to drugs was a medical problem that needed to be destigmatized.

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WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will unveil a plan on Monday to combat the opioid addiction crisis that includes seeking the death penalty for drug dealers and urging Congress to toughen sentencing laws for drug traffickers, White House officials said on Sunday.

Then, in an extremely useful review of «sin, sickness, alcoholism, and drug addictions,» Clinebell mentions several of a «confusing variety of usages,» applied, as he says, now and again to alcoholism and other substance addictions — several of which are not mutually exclusive: 1.

My encouragment to all of us is that scripture speaks to us about not being slaves to the flesh, and God giving us the power to say no to those temptations of lust, homosexualitiy, drug addictions, ect.

Graduating from DC Central Kitchen was one of the most important milestones in William's life, second only to overcoming his drug addiction, he says.

Joseph Califano Jr., president of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, said his group's study concluded that many dads are essentially AWOL when it comes to keeping their children drug free.

In New York, the Seneca Strong program aims to help rehabilitate people with drug addictions by reaching out to them through peers, fellow Seneca Nation members who have experienced addiction and are in recovery, Colburn said.

The New York Democrat said if the Food and Drug Administration doesn't move to reign in the new, deadly products — that include flavors like Sour Smurf Sauce, V'Nilla Cookies & Milk, Golden Oreo and Whip'd Strawberry — addiction among children will spread like «wildfire.»

«Due to the fact that some drug addictions are first supplied by leftover medication a family member or friend did not use, cutting off that supply is essential,» said State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Nassau County), who sponsored the measure with Sen. Tom O'Mara (R - Chemung County).

The clinic is needed to serve Amherst residents battling drug addiction, Catholic Health administrators and Erie County's top health official say.

«Providing addicts with a place to inject and feed their drug dependency instead of a place to recover and overcome their addiction is patently irresponsible and completely misses the mark in solving the opioid epidemic,» Malliotakis said.

The party's social justice taskforce, led by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, says family breakdown is a major cause of drug and alcohol addiction, crime and the failure of many individuals to fulfil their potential in jobs or education.

He said: «As we support this rehabilitation centre, let me use this opportunity to implore parents, guardians and care givers to be vigilant in order to detect early signs of drug addiction in their children and seek help from appropriate quarters before it gets complicated.

The Governor, who also noted that the services rendered to beneficiaries of the CADAM initiative were free of charge, said with the quality of facilities at the new rehabilitation centre, he was optimistic that many lives that had been compromised as a result of drug addiction would be redeemed, stabilised and given a new hope for a better and meaningful future.

The Governor in the course of the commissioning said it was important for parents to be vigilant as victims of drug addiction can be easily lured into crime which would ultimately threaten peace and development.

As a defense lawyer, Clegg said he has fought for a rehabilitative approach in the treatment of nonviolent criminals and has worked to help clients with addictions to heroin and other street drugs get treatment instead of jail time.

«We need to tighten this up, but right now my concern is that we are looking to tax the very substances that we are using to treat people with drug addiction,» he said.

The Stony Point Police Department said it charged Cody Peluso, 32, of Carmel, with three counts of criminal possession of controlled substances for having suboxone, used to treat addiction to opioid drugs; alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug, and anabolic steroids.

At a Senate press briefing Tuesday morning, heads of the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction said that it was time to bolster law enforcement officials» ability to arrest and prosecute drug dealers that put highly addictive heroin and even more dangerous opioids like fentanyl and carfentanyl on the street, after years of legislation aimed at prevention, treatment and insurance coverage.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is backing the use of facilities where users can inject drugs under medical supervision, saying they are necessary to prevent overdose deaths and encourage addiction treatment.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said the cost to individuals, families and communities from drug addiction was «incomprehensible.»

«At a time when we are experiencing an unprecedented addiction crisis, and given the reality that Suffolk County leads the State of New York in heroin overdoses, the thought that the District Attorney may have spared drug dealers in order to protect corrupt politicians is beyond horrifying,» said Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi (R - Islip).

ALBANY — Some drug - addiction treatment organizations are opposing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to expand the laws on fentanyl, saying it will increase incarcerations and won't save lives.

Cuomo has also proposed a tax on opioid prescription pain medicines that he says could bring in $ 125 million to help offset the cost of treating addiction to the drugs.

In addressing the symposium held in the AAAS Auditorium, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse, said the opioid addiction problem «came out of the health care system» after it was determined that opioid prescription medicine was needed to treat chronic pain affecting more than 100 million Americans.

David Matia, a drug court judge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where deaths also have risen significantly, said incentives are needed to get hospitals to build more detox facilities, to encourage physicians to expand access to medication assisted treatments and to encourage medical students to pursue addiction and behavioral health specialties as their area of practice.

Among other initiatives needed are more rigorous analysis of the potency of illicit drugs being sold on the streets, information campaigns to inform the public of the analyses results and likely dangers, more treatment therapies to ease withdrawal symptoms, programs to get primary care doctors to treat and screen for addictions and wider distribution of Naltrexone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, said Ciccarone.

People with drug addictions who started opioid abuse later in life use injections for their drugs, or increased their use of downers before starting drug treatment, are more likely to relapse from treatment than others, says a new study from McMaster University.

She asked him multiple questions about his day, essentially asking him to walk her through what he ate for breakfast, when he got to work, what he did that morning, and with whom he ate lunch, seeing if he might slip and say something that hinted at drug addiction.

As an osteopathic physician, I seek to prevent issues like addiction by partnering with patients to help us both understand if they are susceptible to prescription drug abuse,» said Dr. Jermyn, who focuses on acute and chronic pain management.

«It really now calls upon the research field to start focusing on this area,» he says, «to look at drug effects in this area, to look at the types of changes that go on during addiction in this area, to understand what the basic function of this area is and why it would be important in this kind of context.»

«Drugs like morphine hijack the body's natural painkilling mechanisms, such as those used by endorphins, but because they act within the central nervous system, they can affect other brain cells that use similar pathways, leading to side effects such as addiction or sleepiness,» says Professor Gamper.

While many people recognize addiction is a mental illness, they fail to recognize that a drug addiction is a chronic disease, said Charles O'Brien, the vice-chair of psychiatry and founding director of the Center for Studies in Addiction at the University of Pennaddiction is a mental illness, they fail to recognize that a drug addiction is a chronic disease, said Charles O'Brien, the vice-chair of psychiatry and founding director of the Center for Studies in Addiction at the University of Pennaddiction is a chronic disease, said Charles O'Brien, the vice-chair of psychiatry and founding director of the Center for Studies in Addiction at the University of PennAddiction at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jacqueline Lloyd, a deputy branch chief at NIH's National Institute of Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Maryland, says Young's study is one of 11 funded under a program aimed at using social media to understand and address substance use and addiction.

Co-author Professor John Strang, Head of the National Addiction Centre at King's College London, said: «This study is the first to assess the international evidence - base on take - home naloxone, and we found that the antidote successfully reversed overdose in the large majority of cases where the drug was administered.

«These findings underscore the intergenerational consequences of drug and alcohol addiction and reinforce the need to develop interventions that support healthy childhood development,» says Prof. Fuller - Thomson.

Drugs that block Zif268 or related proteins could potentially suppress post-traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and drug addiction, in which persistent memories lead to damaging behavior, Thomas says.

Yavin Shaham, a neurobiologist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Md., said in a press statement that the new work is an example of «basic research that can be readily translated to the treatment of cocaine addiction in humans.»

He said the same theory can be applied to individuals trying to overcome an addiction to drugs; they typically need to learn a new behavior that competes with their old habits.

The most cost - effective treatment for people with untreated opioid addiction who visit the emergency department (ED) is buprenorphine, a medication to reduce drug cravings and withdrawal, say Yale researchers.

«These findings suggest that the brain response to drug cues presented outside of awareness can be pharmacologically inhibited, providing a mechanism for baclofen's potential therapeutic benefit in addiction,» says Young.

Steven Grant, a researcher at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says that the new findings will help untangle a «chicken and egg problem» with human addiction studies: Previous research found a correlation between the D2 - family receptors and drug abuse, but it was unclear whether fewer receptors contributed to addiction or if chronic drug use led to a drop in the number of receptDrug Abuse, says that the new findings will help untangle a «chicken and egg problem» with human addiction studies: Previous research found a correlation between the D2 - family receptors and drug abuse, but it was unclear whether fewer receptors contributed to addiction or if chronic drug use led to a drop in the number of receptdrug abuse, but it was unclear whether fewer receptors contributed to addiction or if chronic drug use led to a drop in the number of receptdrug use led to a drop in the number of receptors.

«There has been plenty of research on how the interaction of certain personality traits affects addiction to things like alcohol and drugs,» said Binghamton University School of Management assistant professor of information systems Isaac Vaghefi.

Understanding the dopamine transport system is another step toward possibly being able to treat drug addictions or diseases related to dopamine imbalance, Khoshbouei said.

«This greater communication between dopamine - rich neurons gives a greater sense of pleasure from taking the drug and encourages behaviors related to addiction,» says lead author Wei Huang.

Three medicines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help people break their addiction to nicotine, but smoking cessation rates remain low — at about 15 percent — even though some studies say up to 70 percent of smokers want to quit.

Prevention efforts that start with young children and a significantly overhauled addiction - treatment system will be key to addressing the opioid epidemic, as well as any future crises involving drug abuse, Richter said.

Hmm, Ok I am not very good at describing myself but i will try to do my best i am honest, kind person i don't lie, cheat, drink, smoke or do drugs my only addiction is anime i buy too much i think and like to do anything once or twice and i am lost i don't know what else to say ohh yes i am goofy...

An increasing percentage of students say they can get illegal drugs at their schools, according to the 10th annual back - to - school survey conducted by the Columbia University - based National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

Abby, our Fiction Editor, worked in publishing in New York before coming to BookPage, and she says Clegg's descent into drug addiction — and triumphant return to the publishing world — is something everyone in New York was talking about, long before the memoir was published.