Kabul clinic offers rare shot at hope for Afghanistan's rising drug addict …
It is a spartan life of dormitory beds, communal eating and prayer, but the Jangalak treatment centre in Kabul offers a rare glimmer of hope for heroin addicts caught in Afghanistan's spiralling drug problem. About 250 male addicts at a time undergo a … Read more on Raw Story

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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous — 9 a.m. Saturdays at Frederick Memorial Hospital, Volunteer Conference Room, 400 W. Seventh St., Frederick. A 12-step program for food addiction. 240-354-3337; foodaddicts.org. Gamblers Anonymous — 7 to 8:30 … Read more on Frederick News Post (subscription)

Powerful new painkiller causing controversy
BAY VILLAGE — Dozens of public health groups, 29 state attorneys general and some members of the Greater Cleveland- Cuyahoga Community-Wide Heroin/Opiate Task Force are urging the Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of a powerful new … Read more on WKYC-TV