Shasta County program uses injection to treat addiction to alcohol and …
Shasta County is preparing to ramp up a taxpayer-funded medical program targeted at addicts and AB 109 parolees that, with a single injection, removes their ability to get high or drunk. Under a pilot program approved by the Board of Supervisors last …
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Paul Gascoigne admitted to US hospital for alcohol addiction treatment
Paul Gascoigne has been admitted to a treatment centre in the United States. The alcoholic former England, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio and Newcastle United midfielder, 45, has "willingly" been admitted to an unnamed centre. The move came after fears about …
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Shortage of professionals dealing with alcohol addiction in Guyana
Despite high prevalence of alcohol addiction for decades in Guyana, little professional help is available for the addict, leaving many to live a poor quality of life, eventually succumbing prematurely to this disease. Editor, Guyana desperately needs …
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Doctors have action plan to fight alcohol addiction
Prague, Feb 6 (CTK) – Experts in addiction treatment have worked out the National Action Plan to fight alcoholism in the Czech Republic, which traditionally leads international standings of alcohol consumption, doctor Petr Popov, head of the Society …
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Addiction Helper Offers Alcohol Rehab On The International Space Station
Addiction Helper, an international provider of drug and alcohol treatment services, today announced the introduction of the world's very first space rehabilitation service on the International Space Station. The service which costs anything upwards of …
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Living in the grip of alcohol
Concerns are growing for former England footballer Paul Gascoigne who has been struggling with an addiction to alcohol. … More recently he has been treated at The Priory again and the Providence Projects treatment centre in Bournemouth. Ms Rogers …
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