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Addiction
Addiction implies that a drug dependency has developed to such an extent that it has serious detrimental effects on the user (referred to as an addict). They may be chronically intoxicated, have great difficulty stopping the drug use, and be determined to obtain the drug by almost any means. The term addiction is inextricably linked to society's reaction to the user, and so medical experts try to avoid using it, preferring dependence instead.Alcohol Addiction
Alcohol Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by a strong craving for alcohol, a constant or periodic reliance on use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, the inability to limit drinking, physical illness when drinking is stopped, and the need for increasing amounts of alcohol to feel its effects. Inpatient Treatment is most often residential in that they require that the client live within the facility during treatment. Inpatient treatment centers and programs are a higher level of care than outpatient programs and provide more intensive services and treatment than lower levels of the care continuum.Residential Treatment is a level of care that entails that the client live (resides) within a treatment facility for a specified duration of care; most often 28 days. Residential Treatment Programs and Centers usually include group and individual therapy sessions and span the confinement continuum from open campus to lock down facilities.
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- About
Face
San Francisco-based organization that combats negative media images
about women; offers very interesting gallery of offending companies
and their ads
- Booze
News
Contains up-to-date reports, fact sheets, regulatory petitions and
comments, policy news, links, and historical information on federal
alcohol policy issues
- Center
for Media Literacy
Promotes critical thinking skills in analyzing and evaluating media
- Commercial
Alert
Organization that opposes the excesses of commercialism, advertising,
and marketing aimed at children
- Entertainment
Industries Council Organization that encourages the entertainment
industry to more effectively address and accurately depict major public
health and social issues
- Media
Awareness Network
Canadian site offering media information to parents, students, and
educators
- Media
Literacy Online Project
Media literacy gateway offering links to instructional media, lesson
plans, guides, museums, and organizations
- Teen
Health and the Media
Media literacy site covering teen sexuality, suicide and violence,
food and body image, and alcohol and drugs
- Welcome
to Badvertising Country Witty and creative site that produces
counter-advertising messages to expose the manipulative and deceitful
practices of the tobacco industry
- Youth
Media Network
California project addressing tobacco media literacy
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