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Michael is a metro Detroiter with a passion for helping individuals and their families understand issues with substance abuse. He is a recovering addict, former substance abuse counselor, paralegal, and is pursuing publication of the book he wrote, Crash Test Addict. You can reach him at crashtestaddict@gmail.com.

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Teens more likely to get high on drugs than smoke cigarettes

Monday, December 14th, 2009 · 1 comment

Teens are more likely to get high on drugs than smoke cigarettes according to a federal study released on December 14, 2009. The study was conducted...
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Kids getting high on hand sanitizers

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 · 1 comment

Kids getting high on hand sanitizers is becoming an increasing problem over the last couple of years as poisonings have risen. The American...
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Tiger Woods plus Ambien equals the sleepwalking golfer

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Tiger's Woods' reported use of Ambien as an aphrodisiac is yet another problem the world's number one golfer may need to address on top of his chronic...
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Online pharmacies: Ordering death

Online pharmacies in the Phillipines are an easy method of obtaining drugs of abuse, and may well be selling death with just a few clicks of a mouse....
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Addiction: Is detox a factor in avoiding drug treatment?

Drug addiction involving detox treatment is often responsible for many addicts avoiding the help. This leaves these people with few alternatives, one...
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War vets suffering addictions at high rate

Nineteen percent of war veterans returning home from the Afghanistan and Iraq war have been treated by the Veteran’s Administration for...
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Cocaine cache discovered in Detroit

Crack Cocaine A cocaine cache was discovered on 11-14-09 in the parking lot of a Detroit nightclub called the Splash Bar, and a man arrested in the...
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Halloween spent in jail for many Kentuckians

A Kentucky drug raid reported by kypost.com on 10-29-09 is the largest illegal prescription drug ring bust in the state's history, and rounded up...
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Michael Jackson's autopsy photograph

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Michael Jackson's autopsy photograph was high on Internet searches according to Google Trends on the 29th of October, 2009, as the morbid in us...
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Andre Agassi: tennis serve fueled by crystal meth?

Andre Agassi may have served tennis balls fueled by crystal meth, and has admitted in his autobiography "Open" to using the drug in 1997...
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