What Is Addiction?

Published June 4, 2013

What is addiction? – In an informal therapy group, Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, discusses addiction as a brain disease with addicts and family members. She notes the enviro…

We can help conquer addiction

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Answer: I have family members who are in recovery. I understand how misunderstood addiction is as a disease, and I cannot think of another disease that ravages families the way addiction does. Therefore, my passion and mission is to help mothers and …
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Bill Lockyer won't run for controller, will retire from office at end of 2014

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Beset for the past 18 months by his wife's drug abuse and extramarital affair, Lockyer, 72, announced Monday he will not run for state controller, ending a 46-year political career that began with a local Democratic committee and culminated with 16 …
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