Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story


 

Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story – Stacy, a 39-year old Traverse City woman, tells the compelling story of her journey from a normal life as a college-educated doctor’s wife and mother of three, to the dark world of prescription drug addiction and abuse. Follow Stacy’s story, and find out what finally made her seek treatment and get clean. In 2007, 16.3 million Americans age 12 and older took prescription pain relivers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives for non-medical purposes.* Prescription drug abouse is a real and growing problem in northern Michigan and across the country. * Nidamed 4/20/09 www.munsonhealthcare.org/behavioralhealth

 

Maia Campbell talks drug addiction

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Life coach Iyanla Vanzant tries to help former child actress Maia Campbell accept responsibility for her past and face the future. In the '90s, Maia's acting career was on the rise with starring roles in “South Central” and LL Cool J's “In the House …
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Trumbull Students Learn Life Lessons from a Former Celtic

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At 18, Chris Herren dreamed of playing professional basketball, but he never figured he would wind talking about how drug abuse wrecked his career and his life. When Herren told his story to a gym full of intently listening students at Trumbull's St …
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