How Can You Help Someone Struggling With Addiction?

How Can You Help Someone Struggling with Addiction? – Is someone in your life struggling with addiction? Do you know if you should help them, or how? KATU News in Portland, Oregon interviews Hazelden’s Dr. Vern Williams who speaks candidly about what we can do to help a person struggling with addiction, in light of Amy Winehouse’s death. For more information about Hazelden, please visit www.hazelden.org or call 800-257-7810.

Raghav Tripathi, Oregon Teen, Becomes Siemens Finalist For Non-Addictive …

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When 17-year-old Raghav Tripathi's mother injured herself in a skiing accident, she refused to take medication while she was being treated for fear that she would become dependent on the drugs. Motivated by his mother's plight, the Oregon teen took …
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Hazelden Partners with Inflexxion to Develop New Program for Adolescents in …

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With funding from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant, "Staying Off Substances: A Tailored Early Recovery Program for Teens," Hazelden and Inflexxion are creating this new intervention program for adolescents in substance abuse treatment …
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Oregon Teen's Research for Nonaddictive Painkiller Pays Off

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A 17-year-old from Portland, Oregon has made a significant contribution to science with his research into non-addictive painkillers. Raghav Tripathi, a high school senior, … By increasing anandamide levels in the body, he says he may be able reduce …
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Opiate consumption exceeds methamphetamine in Oregon

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“You got a whole gamut of abuse out there,” Director of Pharmacy Programs for Oregon Health Authority Dr. Tom Burns said. In the last seven years, the nation has seen a dramatic rise in opiate abuse. In Oregon alone, drug treatment admissions for …
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