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Are Women More Stigmatized for Substance Abuse? A Double Standard in Addiction

The National Institutes group activities for substance abuse of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health defined sex as biological differences between females and males, and gender is defined as socially determined roles that vary across cultures and overtime 2. The World Health Organization (WHO) definition 3 of gender is the result of socially constructed […]

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Signs of Drug Use & Addiction: How to Tell if Someone is on Drugs

Illegal drugs pose special risks of toxic contamination and/or accidental overdose as a result of substitution with underground agents of unknown potency. The recent rise in opioid deaths, for example, is attributable to a shift from prescription painkillers to the cheaper and often more readily available street drug heroin. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

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