Q&A: What Really Goes on in Drug Rehabs

Q&A: What Really Goes on In Drug Rehabs

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Last summer, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released a report detailing the devastating state of addiction treatment. The bottom line: counselors with little education and less oversight are using outdated …
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Afghanistan's growing number of child drug addicts

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Except that they are recovering drug addicts aged around three to 12, representing a growing proportion of drug users in war-torn Afghanistan. In response, increasing numbers of rehabilitation centres are weaning such children off their addiction and …
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Adolescent drug addiction on the rise in Afghanistan

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Adolescent drug addiction on the rise in Afghanistan (Credit: ABC). In its recent survey on drug use in Afghanistan, the US State Department says adult addicts account for 1.3 million, with some 300,000 children adding to the growing numbers. Drug …
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