by intern | Jun 4, 2002 | in the news
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks (NEW YORK) Throughout the job interview, Georgia Evans waited anxiously for the question to be asked: Have you ever had a drug or alcohol problem? When it wasn’t, she didn’t volunteer the information....
by intern | May 3, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
To the editor: Re “Voiceless, Defenseless and a Source of Cash” (front page, April 30): For too long, the suffering of the mentally ill, some of whom are addicted to drugs, has been someone else’s problem. Deinstitutionalization was the right thing...
by intern | Mar 27, 2002 | in the news
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks Susie Richardson is not your average recovering addict. She was 50 years old when curiosity got the better of her and she tried crack cocaine. The result was a “devastating” addiction that for 10...
by intern | Mar 4, 2002 | newsletter
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly By Peter Provet, Ph.D. With some fanfare, President Bush announced his national drug control strategy this week. Propelled by an opportunistic association between drug use and terrorism, President Bush did what many presidents before...
by intern | Feb 25, 2002 | in the news
NEW YORK – Ecstasy, the potentially lethal “love drug,” is on the move. Glamorized in the 1990s by the predominantly white and suburban all-night “rave culture,” E-pills are now spreading fast into America’s rural areas and inner...
