Addiction Hotline — Drug Abuse Hotline for Parents

Addiction Hotline — Drug Abuse Hotline for Parents – The Addiction Hotline was created to help Parents, Teens, Husbands and Wives, Friends or Family get help anytime day or night with one easy to use phone numb…

Discovery Place Moves Recovery Forward with New Website Launch

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The new online resource will serve as a valuable tool for those who wish to learn more about Discovery Place, their mission and the type of help available to men struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. The new website features navigation and …
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Canada needs more-aggressive problem-gambling policies, say researchers

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In a new paper in Addiction about the nature and scope of gambling in Canada, Smith notes that provinces expanded gambling quickly over the past four decades, with little public consultation and scant concern for negative social or health consequences …
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BLOG: Throwing kids a helpline

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Kids can call us 24 hours a day, seven days a week and discuss anything from what they are doing at school through to body image or problems related to drug or alcohol abuse. We chose International Child Helpline Day, for which this year's theme is …
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