With visiting US students and hosts

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Students from campus recovery programs at Texas Tech and Georgia Southern University are visiting and I’m hanging with them, trying to be helpful. Here they are with two of our hosts in Accra. The students are looking for ways to help with alcoholism and drug addiction recovery in Ghana.

New drug in Japan aims to help alcoholics quit addiction
Several doctors in Japan are hopeful that a new drug licensed from a French pharmaceutical company may be part of the solution that alcoholics need to kick the habit. Regtect went on sale earlier this year in Japan, becoming the first alcohol …
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Empty Stocking Fund: Salvation Army helps alcoholic stay sober
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New use for medication might help people maintain sobriety
Alcoholism runs in part of my family. I lost a grandfather to it, and a couple of others in the family have been affected by it to differing degrees. Perhaps something like that is true for you, or maybe you have a friend or co-worker who wrestles with …
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