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    A Way Out is Awarded Grant from the Daniels Fund

    For Immediate Release June 21, 2018 Contact:  Elizabeth Means, Director director@awayout.org A Way Out Receives Grant from the Daniels Fund  to Support Addiction Recovery and Engagement   Eagle, [...]

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    Relapse Doesn’t Have to be Part of Recovery

      “Relapse is a part of recovery.” This idiom was recited time and again in the inpatient treatment center where I spent 30 days in January 2008. The other thing I heard a lot was “addiction [...]

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    Prevalence of eating disorders taken from largest sample in the United States

    ELSEVIER A new study in Biological Psychiatry provides updated estimates of the lifetime and 12-month prevalence of eating disorders Philadelphia, May 30, 2018 Biological Psychiatry has published [...]

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    Posted June 19, 2018

    If Addiction Is a Disease, Why Is Relapsing a Crime?

    CreditMonica Ramos When Julie Eldred tested positive for fentanyl in 2016, 11 days into her probation for a larceny charge, she was sent to jail. Such outcomes are typical in the American [...]

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    Posted June 17, 2018

    Purdue Pharma Planted the Seeds of the Opioid Epidemic

    Purdue Pharma, the company that planted the seeds of the opioid epidemic through its aggressive marketing of OxyContin, has long claimed it was unaware of the powerful opioid painkiller’s growing [...]

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    UNDERSTANDING ADDICTION IS NOT ENOUGH- AFFIRMING YOUR LGBTQI CHILD MAY SAVE THEIR LIFE

    As a parent or family member who has dealt with addiction in the family, or more specifically, if you have dealt with your child’s addiction, you might ask yourself, isn’t understanding my kid’s [...]

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    Posted June 14, 2018

    Teens Are Choosing Marijuana Over Cigarettes, Alcohol As Their First Drug

    While some are choosing marijuana for their first time, a new survey revealed that a lot of teens have chosen to abstain from substance use. Young people are putting marijuana first.  A new [...]

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    Posted June 13, 2018

    Children of the Opioid Epidemic

    The New York Times Elizabeth and her baby at home in Rhode Island. CreditAlec Soth/Magnum, for The New York Times Children of theOpioid Epidemic In the midst of a national opioid crisis, mothers [...]

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    Posted June 12, 2018

    The Most Damaging Addictive Drugs Are Not The Ones You Think, Report Shows

       They’re not even illegal.  Addictive drugs can have devastating effects on human life, but the worst of the lot are not the ones you might think. In fact, alcohol and tobacco are more [...]

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    Posted June 11, 2018

    Could brain stimulation be the answer to ending drug addiction?

    According to government statistics, 21.5 million Americans suffer from a substance abuse disorder, alcoholism being the most common. As of 2014, 64,000 lost their lives to some type of overdose. [...]

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