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Could Drug-Replacement Therapy Have Saved Philip Seymour…

Could Drug-Replacement Therapy Have Saved Philip Seymour…

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Addicts given Suboxone were “less likely to use opioids, cocaine and marijuana, to inject drugs, or drop out of treatment,” according to the National Institutes of Health. Long-term use may be vital to a healthy life for an addict. Opiate replacements …
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Heroin Stalks Main Street

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After several unsuccessful attempts to quit cold turkey, buprenorphine-based therapy, an alternative to methadone, helped her beat her addiction. “It was extremely … A former heroin user, he also beat his addiction through treatment. While on heroin …
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A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment

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Unlike Suboxone or methadone — which can be effective in treatment but are sometimes abused or diverted into an illicit market — Vivitrol has “no potential for abuse,” according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And while those …
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Making a Difference: Addiction specialist turns tragedy into hope for others

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Sandy's son Bryan broke his neck which led to an addiction to painkillers, then rehab. "He was tired of it, he was tired of living that way," said Sandy. Bryan got clean with the help of Suboxone, a drug used to treat narcotic addiction. Then one day …
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Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral

Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral

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The center provides opioid addiction treatment. Patients seeking to recover are sometimes prescribed methadone, a synthetic narcotic taken once a day “to stop withdrawal symptoms and reduce opiate cravings.” Some patients are put on suboxone to help …
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Cheap Crack Pipes, Free Heroin, and Free Booze: The Evidence for Helping

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From needle exchange programs for HIV prevention to providing heroin to addicts, and from supervised injecting rooms to “wet houses” where homeless alcoholics are given free booze, approaches that seem to “enable” users are in fact effective in helping …
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For Maine babies exposed to drugs, disadvantages mount after leaving hospital

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Because of those risks, pregnant mothers addicted to opiates are encouraged to enter a methadone or buprenorphine treatment program, rather than wean off their narcotics, he said. Brown and researchers at the University of Maine have studied the health …
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Why didn’t Bob Dylan like Andy Warhol?

Question by Smoochy on hiatus: Why didn’t Bob Dylan like Andy Warhol?
he was portrayed acting like a total a-hole to Andy Warhol in Factory Girl .. I don’t know if it was like that in reality , so that’s why I’m asking
and I understand he secretly married some woman named Sara Lownds while Edie still thought they were together ?
I really hated Dylan in Factory Girl and I want to know much of the Dylan/Warhol/Edie story is real .

Best answer:

Answer by ?e ?????x ?n ?e? P?rãm?d.
This is about the controversy with “Factory Girl” and Dylan (I apologise if you already knew this):

Bob Dylan threatened to sue, saying through his lawyers that the script insinuated his responsibility in Sedgwick’s drug abuse and death. Jonathan Sedgwick claimed that an affair his sister Edie had with Dylan resulted in a pregnancy that ended with an abortion.To date no lawsuit has been filed.

Here’s a more detailed answer about it (I apologise once again if you know about this as well):

Bob Dylan and Bob Neuwirth.

Following her departure from Warhol’s circle, Sedgwick began living at the Chelsea Hotel, where she became close to Bob Dylan. Dylan’s friends eventually convinced Sedgwick to sign up with Albert Grossman, Dylan’s manager. Sedgwick and Dylan’s relationship ended when Sedgwick found out that Dylan had married Sara Lownds in a secret ceremony – something that she apparently found out from Warhol during an argument at the Gingerman Restaurant in February 1966.

According to Paul Morrissey, Sedgwick had said: “‘They’re [Dylan’s people] going to make a film and I’m supposed to star in it with Bobby [Dylan].’ Suddenly it was Bobby this and Bobby that, and they realized that she had a crush on him. They thought he’d been leading her on, because just that day Andy had heard in his lawyer’s office that Dylan had been secretly married for a few months – he married Sara Lownds in November 1965… Andy couldn’t resist asking, ‘Did you know, Edie, that Bob Dylan has gotten married?’ She was trembling. They realized that she really thought of herself as entering a relationship with Dylan, that maybe he hadn’t been truthful.”

Several weeks before the December 29, 2006 one-week release of the controversial film Factory Girl, described by The Village Voice review as “Edie for Dummies.”The Weinstein Company and the film’s producers interviewed Sedgwick’s older brother, Jonathan, who asserted that she had “had an abortion of the child she was (supposedly) carrying by Dylan.” Jonathan Sedgwick, a retired airplane designer, was flown in from Idaho to New York City by the distributor to meet Sienna Miller, who was playing his late sister, as well as to give an eight-hour video interview with details about the purported liaison between Edie and Dylan, which the distributor promptly released to the news media. Jonathan claims an abortion took place soon after “Edie was badly hurt in a motorcycle crash and sent to an emergency unit. As a result of the accident, doctors consigned her to a mental hospital where she was treated for drug addiction.” No hospital records or Sedgwick family records exist to support this story. Nonetheless, Edie’s brother also claimed “Staff found she was pregnant but, fearing the baby had been damaged by her drug use and anorexia, forced her to have the abortion.” However, according to Edie Sedgwick’s personal medical records and oral life-history tape recorded less than a year before her death for her final film, Ciao! Manhattan, there is credible evidence that the only abortion she underwent in her lifetime was at age 20 in 1963.

Throughout most of 1966, Sedgwick was involved in an intensely private yet tumultuous relationship not with Bob Dylan, but with Dylan’s closest friend, Bob Neuwirth. During this period, she became increasingly dependent on barbiturates. Although she experimented with illegal substances including opiates, there is no evidence that Sedgwick ever became a heroin addict. In early 1967, Neuwirth, unable to cope with Sedgwick’s drug abuse and erratic behavior, broke off their relationship.

Poor woman is all I can say, and I still like Dylan I admit because of his music.
Here’s a great song by The Cult about Edie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkVt9XTdtg

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Speech Help…importance of not doing drugs.?

Question by Cory D: Speech Help…importance of not doing drugs.?
Im going a speech for english. it needs to be at least 4 minutes long and i got about 2 minutes of that covered. its about the importance of not doing drugs. i have 3 main points but i need some more behind them. they’re Life in jail, life out of jail and health effects. so whats all this like and how does it affect you is what im asking.

Best answer:

Answer by George J
The drug addict will strongly deny that the use of drugs is the reason for a deteriorating situation. He or she tends to blame the problems they have on people around them, including friends, co-workers, and loved ones, and the treatment group where the addict is a member. Being in a treatment group with such a person is very, very difficult if that person is hostile and blaming. It becomes obvious that the drug habit is the real problem. Most treatment groups will tolerate this situation for a while, hoping the problem “solves itself” by merely disappearing, or that the addict will respond to suggestions, or even ultimatums that they “clean up their act.” Ultimatums may be temporarily effective, but unless the addict seeks true rehabilitation, problems will invariably recur. Sadly, many addicts lose their jobs and are left alone, denying responsibility, blaming the band member(s) responsible for his or her firing.

When a drug addict loses his or her job, it’s because the other workers have been forced to make a choice. A treatment group is a unique environment: one third team, one third business, one third family. It’s very difficult to discharge a member from is “family” when the person is in such obvious trouble and pain. And yet, that person is most likely not contributing fully to the team effort, and may actually be severely damaging himself and otherst. The drug addict may have to cancel appointments, or drop out of treatment if he is unable to perform, and the situation becomes more critical when the other family meembers are also involved with drugs. It becomes difficult to include feeding a family, or paying rent or a mortgage. Every drug addict is an individual, and the demands of every family member’s situation. There are limits to the number of times treatment group members are able to give the addict the benefit of the doubt, and to the number of broken promises a band is able to endure.

The past decade has seen increased awareness of and concern for drug addicts, and increased ability to effectively treat their illness. There are full-time self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and its first cousin Narcotics Anonymous (NA) dedicated to providing drug addicts with help and support. There are many other public and private organizations with similar goals, including those oriented towards helping “concerned persons” – the family, friends, and co-workers of addicts. One of these groups is an excellent place for band members to go for help with bringing one of their own to rehabilitation. While AA and NA offer free support, private rehabilitation facilities can be very costly. The costs and types of rehabilitation programs vary however, and the addition of substance abuse to the list of illnesses recognized by the AMA has made treatment for drug addiction eligible for coverage under many health insurance policies.

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HELP! “coming down from the mountain” song?

Question by Alyssa Frazier: HELP! “coming down from the mountain” song?
I heard this song in an american eagle and some other places. The chorus says something about coming down from the mountain and then woah, woah. I really like it and I’ve been looking for it and it’s not by the meat puppets, jane’s addiction, or the butthole surfers. Please and thank you!

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Answer by Coasterfreak128
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbO-jMB0AHQ&feature=channel_video_title

Im guessing this is the song your looking for? It’s been stuck in my head, and the only time i hear it is at work haha, its called “Equestrian” I just bought it on iTunes

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Company Blocked From Selling Execution Drug To Mo.

Company Blocked From Selling Execution Drug To Mo.

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The execution room at the Oregon State Penitentiary, in Salem, Ore.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File). OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked an … In January 2012, a Danish company that had produced pentobarbital under the trade name …
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Hoffman among thousands of addiction victims

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman suffered from a chronic medical condition that required ongoing treatment. An admitted drug addict who first sought professional help more than two decades ago, Hoffman apparently succumbed to his illness …
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Treat 'vaping' like tobacco

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In Oregon, e-cigarettes are not subject to age or usage restrictions or, for that matter, the tobacco taxes that apply to traditional cigarettes (taxes are a subject for another day). While all of the people testifying at a House … E-cigarette users …
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Indoor Tanning Laws Help Keep Teen Girls Away, Study Finds

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Currently, six states (California, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Vermont) restrict indoor tanning use by people younger than 18, and a number of other states are either strengthening existing laws or considering new restrictions, according to the …
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