How Can You Help Someone Struggling With Addiction?

Published October 20, 2012

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.

Kentucky joins multi-state effort to fight prescription drug abuse

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FRANKFORT — Kentucky will join several states hard hit by prescription drug abuse to develop strategies to combat what is described as a still-growing problem, Gov. Steve Beshear said Friday. Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon and …
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NIDA Launches New Tool for Parents

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The new online resource is aimed at helping parents keep their children drug-free. It was developed by the Child and Family Center at the University of Oregon. The online tool Family Checkup: Positive Parenting Prevents Drug Abuse asks parents five …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Down, Heroin Abuse Up

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Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic, with Jackson County one of the worst places in Oregon, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But now new numbers are out. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that the number of adults …
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