National Aboriginal Addictions Awareness Week

Prescription narcotic addictions has been a growing problem in Ontario. A group of experts was assembled to address the issue and to come up with ideas on how to best respond to the change. Suboxone treatment programs are among the treatment options in Ontario’s new strategy to help recovering OxyContin users.

Ontario addresses prescription drug addictions | Wawatay News Suboxone treatment programs, where appropriate, are among the treatment options in Ontario’s recently announced strategy to help recovering OxyContin users.

Saint Jude Retreats, along with other notable researchers have found Alcohol Anonymous (AA) to be ineffective in helping youth with substance use problems. New research suggests that completion of the AA programs actually raises the chances of continuing substance use. This happens because attaching the label “disease” or “addiction” creates a sense of hopelessness and is detrimental to the youth.

Your 16 Year-Old Is Not An Addict For Life: Research Says Amsterdam, NY (PRWEB) March 19, 2012 Saint Jude Retreats along with other researchers around the country have found Alcohol Anonymous (AA) to be more ineffective than helpful to young adults who have a substance use problem. AA is an alcohol treatment program that a convicted DUI offender normally ...

Indian Horse is a novel by Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese, which chronicles a former hockey star who is undergoing treatment for alcohol addiction. Saul Indian Horse chronicles his life story as a means of identifying the underlying reasons for his addiction. The novel demonstrates how knowing your own story can heal a contrite spirit.

Book Review: Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese | Afterword | Arts | National Post Indian Horse By Richard Wagamese Douglas & McIntyre 221 pp; $21.95 Reviewed by Donna Bailey Nurse Indian Horse, a severe yet beautiful novel by Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese, concerns Saul Indian Horse, a former hockey star undergoing treatment for alcoholism. Saul chronicles his life story as a m...