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Category: Recent Recovery News
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“Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.” -SAMHSA
The World Health Organization and American Heart Association are calling for bans on vaping indoors and sales to minors.
Scientists are examining the link between personality traits and substance abuse. Read the article to see which personality traits are more closely linked to substance abuse.
The State of New Jersey may become the first state to raise the smoking age to 21. There are several cities that have already made this change. Find out which states have also tried to increase the minimum age to 21. What do you think of this proposed law?
The great actor and comedian Robin Williams died August 11, 2014 after years of substance abuse and severe depression.
“That old adage, wherever I go there go I, is an old adage because it is true. I transplanted with a massive opioid habit just to find myself crawl deeper into the void of sedation and boredom. I think Nietzsche said that if you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss stares back.”
