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Nicholas Kristof is right to call for more treatment and prevention. However, by suggesting that drug decriminalization was ...

Regardless of what you see in the movies or on television, most people dealing with substance abuse can recover successfully.

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American author Melody Beattie named her problem in the 80s, and now one of her books on the subject is being reissued, ...

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Lollapalooza would be their big farewell, with a bunch of bands getting together to celebrate the end of Jane’s Addiction.

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During rush hour at Penn Station, a man was on the ground, foaming at the mouth. People hurried past, but I stopped.

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