Fox News Calls “Aaron Bacon” a Powerful Film!


 

Fox News calls “Aaron Bacon” a Powerful Film! – On March 31st, 2010, Fox News covered the Scottsdale, AZ premiere of the film “Aaron Bacon,” written and directed by Nick Gaglia. They called the movie “A Powerful Film!” Includes interviews with Nick Gaglia, and Aaron’s mother Sally. “Aaron Bacon” is based on the true story of a 16-year-old kid who dies at the hands of abuse, starvation, and maltreatment in a tough-love, wilderness, drug-treatment facility called North Star.

 

Proposed Changes To Psychiatric Manual Could Impact Addiction Diagnosis

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Under the federal health law adopted in 2010, it's covered as a free preventive benefit for people in health plans that are new or have changed enough to lose their grandfathered status. But some addiction experts worry that using the 11-point list of …
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Narcotic Painkiller Use Booming Among Elderly

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He also talked about the benefits of the drugs in a 2008 DVD about treating pain in seniors that was funded by PriCara. In 2010, a year after the guidelines came out, Ferrell was listed as a paid speaker for Endo Pharmaceuticals.
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Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol—Addiction Levels Rising as Boomers & Seniors Approach

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While they're not quite rock stars, the number of people aged 50+ in treatment for addiction to be “drastically on the rise,” a recent survey found. Previous studies have found that as many as 80% of adults aged 50 to 90 remain sexually active, …
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