Addiction News
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Berlin -
German Member of Parliament (MP), Michael Hartmann, has admitted to using crystal meth. The police were notified by a drug dealer.
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Winnipeg -
The Frontier Center for Public Policy has published report called ‘A Blueprint for Reorienting Canadian Drug Policy’. The report argues that the ‘war on drugs’ is not working and calls for a new strategy.
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New York -
A recent report published by Human Rights Watch has found half a million veterans returning home from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have become dependent on drugs.
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A new report has indicated that it may be possible to 'turn off' withdrawal symptoms deriving from when people refrain from taking illegal substances for a period of time to make it easier for people to stop.
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Earlier this year the U.S. Surgeon-General reported that cigarettes are deadlier and more addictive than ever, and now a report issued Tuesday outlines how tobacco companies have made design changes and put in more additives to achieve that.
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Are some people addictive to soaking up the rays? One study concludes so. Chronic exposure to ultraviolet light leads to endorphin release and signs of addiction in mice.
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Washington -
The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse has raised concern in relation to drug addiction over the increasing use of marijuana across the U.S.
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Seoul -
South Korean police said Tuesday they had arrested a man for allegedly allowing his infant son to starve to death while spending days playing online games at Internet cafes.
In the Media
by AFP
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The cannabis plant is a safe alternative to a wide variety of pharmaceutical drugs, especially for mood and anxiety disorders. Because of this, medical cannabis is clearly competition to the pharmaceutical industry.
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Cells in jails and prisons around the United States are being filled by women at an alarming rate.
Drugs. Crime. Children. Shame.
A prison sentence is different for a woman than it is for a man.
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When Zohydro is released for sale in March, it will be one of the most powerful prescription painkillers on the market today. In its highest dosage, it will contain 5 to 10 times as much hydrocodone as Vicodin, a widely prescribed pain medication.
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Aden -
Ever had the feeling that your "better half" spends more time on WhatsApp than he or she does with you? Well this Yemeni wife decided to do something about it, and took her errant husband to court.
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A hormone may lead to drugs that help people curb marijuana dependence. The hormone pregnenolone blunts marijuana’s effects in rats and mice, according to some published trials.
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Addicts know the pain and suffering associated with drug and alcohol dependence but many addicts are seeking help with new forms of treatment that work in medications to affect the chemistry of the brain, in conjunction with traditional therapy.
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The part of the brain which becomes addicted to nicotine has been located — the interpeduncular nucleus. This could lead to treatments targeted to the region and may aid smoking cessation.
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New London -
Are Oreos as addictive as heroin or cocaine? A new study by a team of undergraduate researchers is creating controversy.
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People that cannot seem to put down their gadgets, such as smartphones and laptops, are finding more remedies to help treat their addiction to the Internet.
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Fourteen year-old Hanah Smith had been threatened with a sadistic rape attack, her abuser threatened to attack Hanah with a hammer, anonymous messengers taunted Hanah about her weight, the death of an uncle and urged her to engage in self-harm.
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Addiction to prescription pain killers is a silent epidemic that affects millions of people; however, women tend to suffer the brunt of the illness.
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A scientific study discovers that one out of seven patients even after being diagnosed with skin cancer will go back to tanning.
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New Jersey Rapper Joe Budden says he was "high out of his mind" at Hot 97's Summer Jam last year. He says his Shady Records boss and friend Eminem, among others, helped him sober up.
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Researchers have identified how alcohol might affect key brain proteins. The finding could eventually lead to the development of drugs that could disrupt the interaction between alcohol and the brain.
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Scientists have theorized that the tendency to consume higher levels of alcohol amongst heavy drinkers is linked to extra energy gained from the high levels of alcohol consumed to the extent that the alcohol acts like a ‘brain fuel’.
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Toronto -
A recent report from Canada's Center for Addiction and Mental Health has found that Canadians are drinking more alcohol that any other country surveyed.
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Toronto -
Tuesday evening at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio singer Gordon Lightfoot was the star of Renascent’s inaugural concert series event, Walk You To The Water.
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Internet addiction is not a figment of the imagination, according to a study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. Interestingly, the study also found that the link occurs more frequently in women.
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Chinese researchers have recently come out with a unique recommendation to help you get over the nicotine urge – drink green tea. This recommendation now gets better with medical practitioners in Kerala, India reacting positively to the recommendation.
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Going viral, and rightfully so, is a powerful anti-smoking ad made by Thai Health Promotion Foundation. It shows how smokers care about kids lighting up cigs but don't heed their own advice.
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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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Mexico -
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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Cavin
A variety of needles
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Elbreapoly
Oxycotin pills of different strengths
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Drawn away from a wonder of our world, these people seem so unaware of the physical world. These museum visitors are in the midst of the terra-cotta warriors - the quarter-scale ones, yet are oblivious to the world. Oct. 10, 2013.
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