What Is Addiction?

Published May 15, 2013

What is addiction? – In an informal therapy group, Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, discusses addiction as a brain disease with addicts and family members. She notes the enviro…

Drugs charity earns boost at Downing Street

Filed under: drug addiction help for family members

“The great thing is families are finally being highlighted as very often they can be the forgotten victims with addiction in families. “Now it feels like there is a real drive, even on the political agenda, for families to get that recognition and …
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Oxford sex abuse victim: 'At first they treat you like a princess'

Filed under: drug addiction help for family members

By the age of 14, the gang had got her addicted to hard drugs and was regularly trafficking the teenager across the country to be raped by strangers. By 16, Girl C … Speaking exclusively to the Guardian, Girl C revealed that her adoptive mother spent …
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