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SPRING 2016 ISSUE
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FEATURES 08 JOHNWOODS New Perspectives director provides judgment-free treatment 12 VINCENT WILLIAMS He vowed to be sober, New Perspectives helped him keep his word 16 DEBRAWILLIAMS Operations manager has been with New Perspectives from the start
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50 JAMES JUNKERS New Perspectives client will never take his alcoholism lightly again 54 A BIG WELCOMEMAT Multicultural treatment center accepts and supports everyone 58 MARTY LINDQUIST After eight stints in treatment and 26 months in jail, he is a sober man
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18 GLENN SMITH Helping the client help themselves
IN THE NEWS 24 TOOMUCH? Study cites concern over doctors’ prescribing habits 26 FORWARDMOVEMENT NIDA ‘Future’ survey finds declining teen substance use 28 BORNWITH IT Scientists Discover Possible ‘Meth Gene’ 30 ANTI-SMOKE SIGNALS Fresh Empire’s anti-tobacco appeal is all about staying independent 32 NOWOMANNOCRY The woman who doesn’t feel pain could help in making better painkillers
34 POWEROF ATTRACTION Researchers think magnets can help with drug addiction impulses 36 PUTTINGOURMONEYWHERE OURMOUTH IS Teen substance abuse research funding is steadily increasing 38 TO ENDTHE OPIATE EPIDEMIC Experts recommend better training, sticter oversight 40 LIVES LOST Drug and opioid overdose deaths increase in 2014
44 COLLATERAL DAMAGE Helping the children of addiction
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