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June 2009

June 17, 2009: ADDICTS COMMIT CRIME TO GET TREATMENT
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Heroin addicts are committing crime to get fast tracked into drug rehab because of waiting lists for treatment, a BBC programme reveals. This confirms anecdotal reports given to Addiction Today over a number of years. BBC Wales' Week In Week...

June 10, 2009: COCAINE HARMS: THE FACTS
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A brief over of the medical damage caused by cocaine; more to be added - please feel free to add your own research. Just click on the links below for information. Cocaine damage to brain cells 1 Cocaine damage to...

June 9, 2009: ANOTHER REHAB TO CLOSE
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The Norfolk-based Diana Princess of Wales Treatment Centre has failed in its battle to stay open since it went into administration in July 2008. Receivers say they will try to find new places for the 19 patients being treated there....

June 1, 2009: MORE BABIES ARE BORN DRUG-DEPENDENT
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Newborns with drug-withdrawal symptoms are up by 67% in 10 years as money for specialist rehab units runs out, writes Nina Lakhani of The Independent on Sunday. In 2007-8, 1,230 babies in England suffered from symptoms including poor sleep, agitation...