Save the North Carolina Drug Court Program

Save the North Carolina Drug Court Program – The state of North Carolina is currently in the process of determining the budget for fiscal year 2011-12 and the Drug Treatment Court program is likely to lose substantial funding and potentially be cut entirely. This program has saved many lives and saved the state of North Carolina significant funds by keeping non-violent offenders out of jails and putting them into a structured treatment program. Please show your support for this important program and help keep the Drug Treatment Court program funded.

Don't Be Angry at Spencer Cox; Be Angry at the Stigma That Pushes Gay Men …

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Mark Harrington, another legendary AIDS activist and the co-founder and executive director of TAG, told The New York Times that Cox had struggled with an addiction to crystal meth — and had apparently stopped taking his HIV medication. "He saved the …
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Physicians in China treat addictions by destroying the brain's pleasure center

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Drug addiction in China is highly stigmatized. And now, some doctors are trying to cure it with a radical procedure known as as a "stereotactic ablation." More simply, it's the practice of destroying parts of the brain's "pleasure centers" (the nucleus …
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