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By Jacob Slaton
Renowned rock climber Matt Samet first got hooked on starving himself to stay lean for his sport—and then to anti-anxiety meds. Now clean and sober, he tells The Fix how he lived to climb again. MORE
By Sue Smith
It figures: I get clean and start having crazy anxiety attacks. But here are some sobriety-friendly remedies. MORE
Prescription drugs that leak into our lakes are impacting underwater creatures. MORE
By Will Godfrey
Mexico Elbows into US Meth Trade, Border Agents "Forced Smugglers to Eat Marijuana," and New Mexico Mayor: "I Was Drunk When I Signed Contracts." MORE
It's time for abstinence extremists to stop spreading the dangerous propaganda that "clean and sober" means no medications for depression, anxiety and other mental health problems. Even Alcoholics Anonymous says so. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Klonopin, other benzodiazepines are rapidly becoming everybody's second-favorite drug of abuse. MORE
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