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Is Facebook simply a part of your daily or weekly routine, or do you find yourself compulsively checking your feeds and updating posts? Researchers from Norway have said they've created a tool to determine whether or not a person is addicted to Facebook.
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A vaccine which could prevent heroin addiction by blocking the euphoric effect of the drug has moved a step closer to development. Following successful animals studies the first human trials will shortly be underway.
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Turning America into a police state has been a gross failure in the war on drugs; perhaps it is time for a new approach, there and everywhere else?
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A soon-to-be released study is suggesting that email and social media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter, are more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes.
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Some of us have more of a "sweet tooth" than others. If you just have to have that doughnut in the morning, you might be addicted to sugar.
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Toronto -
The Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival is one of my favourites of all the film festivals our great city has to offer, and that’s a lot. Presented by Workman Arts, the overall theme is mental health and addiction issues.
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Addiction is an affliction so compelling that it can bring people to take the most drastic of measures, but when is enough, really enough?
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Amy Winehouse shot to fame with two critically acclaimed albums, got hooked on booze and drugs, and died before she had time even to reach her full potential. Sadly, this story is nothing new.
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A new designer drug is sending scores of Russians into addiction centres. Krokodil, or crocodile, is an ugly cousin of morphine and contains codeine, gasoline, and paint thinner.
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An accountant from Greenwich, South East London, has undergone hypnotherapy to cure his addiction to McWhinney’s pork sausages.
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Addiction risk warning for British Asian children
Can a mind-altering African plant cure drug addiction?
For some people, entering competitions is a full-time occupation, and even say they have become addicted. One self-confessed competition addict talks to the BBC's Tim Muffet.
 The brains of "internet-addicted" teenagers may differ significantly from those of non-addicted teens, a small study suggests.
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.
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