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Relapse rates for drug addiction are similar to those for other chronic medical illnesses, such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma, which also have physiological and behavioral components. Treatment involves changing deeply embedded behaviors.
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"We have some serious, serious problems (that) too many of us are experiencing in our districts and in our communities around substance use and abuse," Rep. Elizabeth Malia, D-Jamaica Plain, told a standing-room only group attending an informational 
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Survey: Teens' drug, alcohol use declining
CINCINNATI — Even as fewer teenagers here drink alcohol and smoke, they are more cavalier about using marijuana and more than 4 percent are using prescription drugs for recreational purposes. A new survey shows that alcohol, tobacco and marijuana …
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