'Up to 5% of population' addicted to alcohol or drugs – Gulf times
From left: Supreme Council of Health's Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre medical director Dr Mounir Soussi with Public Health Department director Dr Mohamed al-Thani, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in the year 2000 Letizia Moratti, who led an …
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Wirral justice campaigner briefs government on scourge of drug and alcohol …
The initiative aims to help troubled families plagued by drug or alcohol addiction and gives them advice on how to break the cycle. Designed for all members of the family, the 'Family Package' will provide one source of information of local and …
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Children with addicted parents more likely to be depressed in adulthood
Adults whose parents were addicted to drugs or alcohol during their childhood are more likely to be depressed in adulthood, say researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada. The study was announced on May 9, 2013, and was published in the May …
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'Up to 5% of population' addicted to alcohol or drugs – Gulf Times
“Between 3 to 5% of Qatar's population is addicted to either alcohol or drugs, which is why we want to establish the Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in order to tackle the problem head on,” Supreme Council of Health's Treatment and …
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Alcohol Research Center Battles Addiction with Science
When it was approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration in the 1990s, it was the first new medication for alcoholism treatment in more than 50 years. “Naltrexone is now the front-line medication for treating people who have significant alcohol …
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