Drug addiction News

Nashville - Gov. Bill Haslem of Tennessee has signed a bill into law that will charge pregnant women with misdemeanor assault if they are addicted to drugs.

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.

The former cardiologist convicted of killing Michael Jackson says the pop star was paranoid to the point of saving dirty underwear, and in withdrawal from painkillers.

By studying post-mortem human brains of heroin abusers, scientists have found that significant changes in gene networks occur.

UK think tank, the Centre for Social Justice, warn that booze and drug addictions are increasing and lead to family breakdown, debt and crime. UK has the highest addiction rate to hard drugs, like heroin, and women top the table for alcohol dependency.

Brighton - This three quarter of an hour plus documentary was uploaded to YouTube last month. Either you believe it, or you believe the politicians.

This four-part documentary series follows the fortunes and misfortunes of a number of young men and women who have fallen foul of the law.

Stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers can wipe away addictive behavior and also conversely turn the non-addicted into compulsive cocaine seekers.

Purdue Pharma is using more than 150 children aged ages six to 16 in drug trials testing its powerful painkiller Oxycontin.

It was shortly after 7:15pm on Saturday evening, when I first heard the announcement that Whitney Houston had died in her hotel room.

Lima - At least 26 people were killed and 10 injured this morning in a fire at a private rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addiction in Lima, Peru.

According to a toxicology report, "no illegal substances" were found in the body of Amy Winehouse at the time of her death.

Hull - A brief, partial review of two recent BBC Television programmes, and some comment on the issues raised therein relating to petty offenders, poverty and social exclusion.

After entering a drug rehabilitation center over a week ago due to a reported drug overdose, popular actor Charlie Sheen is now taking control of his addiction to drugs and alcohol.

When a active duty military member needs an addiction treatment centre they could be turning to the Roxbury Treatment Center in Pennsylvania. The center has added a new program just for military members.

The United Nations released survey results June 21st saying 1 million Afghans are caught up in drug addiction. The report says the problem is major and growing -- especially amongst children.

When DJ AM died on August 28 MTV shelved the planned series Gone Too Far. The show, which featured DJ AM, focused on interventions and drug abuse.

All the cannabis-dealing coffeeshops in two Dutch towns near the Belgian border are closing down from 16 september. This decision was made by the mayors of Roozendaal and Bergen Op Zoom, which get a weekly 25,000 drug tourists.

The Belgian police from the medieval Flemish town of Mechelen say that a 21-year-old man from Kazakhstan who had killed his own mother and then tried to eat her intestines, has died in hospital.

An article just released by US Weekly Magazine states Heath Ledger, who was recently found dead in his apartment, suffered from serious drug addiction. He was abusing heroine, cocaine and a "variety of pills". His fiance had tried to get him help.

Chinese researchers have developed the first molecular database for addiction-related genes with extensive annotations and a friendly Web interface.The researchers were able to integrate 2,343 items of evidence from peer-reviewed publications.

197 prisoners were awarded a 750,000 pound payout after winning a case against being forced to stop taking drugs...