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Alcohol use by healthcare professionals.
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This article presents the results of a qualitative study on lesbians’ recovery from addiction. The study involved semi-structured interviews with 20 lesbians in recovery from addiction and was analyzed...
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Alcohol Abuse Makes Prescription Drug Abuse More Likely
Those under age 25 are particularly vulnerable to dual abuse. Men and women with alcohol use disorders (AUD’s) are 18 times more likely to report nonmedical use of prescription drugs than people who...
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