Actress Blythe Danner Helps Raise Awareness About Addiction Stigma

Actress Blythe Danner Helps Raise Awareness About Addiction Stigma – Danner played the role of Mary Tyrone in Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” during American Society of Addiction Medicine annual meeting in Washington, DC. Her dramatic reading of the third act was part of National Institute of Drug Abuse project on raising awareness about addiction stigma. The play was a production of Outside The Wire social impact theater company.

Australia Abortion Doctor on Trial for Spreading Hepatitis C

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When the abortion clinic hired Peters, they knew they were getting a doctor who had a history of drug abuse. In 1996 his license was suspended because of his drug habit. The abortion clinic, however, gave him another chance. His defense barrister, John …
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A look inside 'Weed Country'

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The government funded National Institute on Drug Abuse reported 18.1 million current marijuana users in 2011, a 23% increase from 2007. While Americans in their late teens and twenties are the most frequent users of marijuana, government statistics …
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