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The 12-Step program developed by Alcoholics Anonymous is the world’s most effective and widely available path to alcohol recovery. Research shows that AA participants achieve…
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Oregon has spent the past decade at the center of one of the most consequential drug policy debates in American history. It’s also spent that…
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Methamphetamine is no longer primarily a homegrown problem. Over the past two decades, domestic meth labs — once scattered across the rural Midwest and South…
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Deciding to stop using meth is one of the hardest decisions a person can make — and the uncertainty about what withdrawal will feel like…