Tulsa World
CHRISTOPHER SMITH/ Tulsa World file By World's Editorials Writers The problems stemming from substance abuse and addiction in Oklahoma are so extensive, so pervasive, so far-reaching, it's difficult to comprehend the vastness of their effects. . . .
Kids of Meth-Using Moms at Risk of Behavioral Woes
MSN Health & Fitness
Dr. James C. Garbutt, professor and medical director of the Alcohol & Substance AbuseProgram at the University of North Carolina, said that "these data suggest that exposure to methamphetamine in utero might lead to behavioral problems in children, ...
Rat Study Finds Adolescent Brain More Prone to Depression, Addiction
PsychCentral.com
By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor From a study of rats, University of Pittsburgh researchers conclude that teens face a greater risk of suffering from depression and addiction than adults. The researchers compared the brain activity of adolescent ...
PsychCentral.com
Drug addict jailed for child sex
ABC Online
By Loukas Founten A drug addict committed child sex offences because amphetamines made him sexually uninhibited, an Adelaide court has been told. The man, 43, pleaded guilty to eight child sex offences and an aggravated charge of producing child ...
Addict was armed with rubber mallet in Plymouth street
This is Plymouth
AN ADDICT who received threatening texts went out into the street armed with a rubber mallet to confront the man. Prosecutor Alistair Verheijen told Plymouth Crown Court that police were called to Houndiscombe Road after a witness saw two men in the ...
Heroin use increases, but treatment choices exist
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
by Sam Friedman/sfriedman@newsminer.com Part 2 of 2 FAIRBANKS — It takes enormous amount of personal willpower to overcome an addiction. But there's also a role for friends, family and professional services. Although Fairbanks has a problem with pain ...
Lucas County leaders focus on combating gambling addiction
WTOL.com
TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Toledo's casino is expected to open its doors in two months and Lucas County leaders are focusing on gambling addiction. Counselors are setting up training courses to combat gambling addiction because of concerns that rates could ...
Sex starved male fruit flies prone to alcoholism, study shows
Daily Caller
In Friday's issue of the journal Science, researchers propose a biological explanation for why “Not tonight, dear” may lead to “Gimme another beer.” If it proves true in people, it may help scientists find new medications to fightalcoholism.
Daily Caller
Meth addict turned to pedophilia
Adelaide Now
A DRUG addict who turned to pedophilia when amphetamines left him "sexually disinhibited" will serve at least three years' jail. The man, who cannot be named, appeared in the District Court today. He had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of ...
Addiction presentation on tap tonight
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
By KIRSTEN GORUK Herald-Tribune staff On Monday night at the Grande Prairie Public Library, a special presentation by Dr. Gabor Maté will aim to educate people about understanding addiction and its role in someone's life. Hosted by Alberta Health ...
Substance abuse programs: Money vs. soldier treatment, health
Pravda
By John Stanton The Army Center for Substance Abuse Programs (ACSAP/ASAP) is located under US Army G-1, Human Resources, Deputy Chief of Staff. It consists of two elements according to the G-1 website. "The ASAP is split into two major components: the ...
Palm Springs lawyer fights for gay inmates' right to join drug abuse program
The Desert Sun
PALM SPRINGS — A local lawyer's battle to get equal substance abuse treatment in lieu of prison time for his gay clients is moving forward through the courts. Judge Richard Erwood is expected to receive a response from the Riverside County Sheriff's ...
Your Life: Shopping ''til you drop' could be sign of addiction
NewsOK.com
For other, it's an activity addiction. By Charlotte Lankard | Published: March 19, 2012 Leave a comment “Shop 'til you drop” may be a humorous bumper sticker for most people, but it's no joke for others. Let me be clear, not every person who loves to ...
Substance abuse by youth danger to 'social stability'
Gulf Times
Al-Nuaimi said that the conference came as response to the growing challenges that addictionto synthetic substances pose to modern societies and to young people in particular. The nature and forms of such substances are not well-defined and are ...
Cough syrup addiction: FDCA cracks down on city chemists
Indian Express
To prevent addicts from consuming branded syrups containing 'habit formatting' drug — codeine, the state Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) has suspended licences of nearly 15 chemists in Ahmedabad over the last one week.
Mike Doughty to discuss memoir about drug addiction
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At least one review of "The Book of Drugs" calls it "a hilarious study of drug addiction." "Hilarious" and "drug addiction" in the same sentence is quite the attention-getter. Former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty will read from his memoir at 8 pm ...
The Next To Last Drink, a NEW Novel by Lois Mathieu
Albany Times Union
Lois Mathieu uses fiction to arm characters with the necessary range of depth to reveal her insights on the most baffling aspects of alcohol addiction. She brings readers along on the terrifying journey of Will Valentine as he tries to break out of the ...
8-year-old chain-smoker sent to rehab
UPI.com
PASAR REBO, Indonesia, March 19 (UPI) -- An 8-year-old boy was admitted to a rehabilitation center in East Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday for his addiction to nicotine, officials said. Local news reports said the youngster smoked up to four packs of ...
Hope and Healing for Her
Sparta Expositor
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) says that women who develop alcoholism have death rates nearly 75 percent higher than male alcoholics. Death from alcohol-related accidents, heart disease, stroke, cirrhosis of the liver ...
OP-ED | Time To Enforce Mental Health Parity
CT Newsjunkie
Substance abuse and mental health conditions affect people of every ethnicity and culture, the rich, the middle class, the poor. We are all susceptible. Like any other illness, treatment should not only be readily available, but unimpeded and covered ...
Study examines long-term effects of methadone treatment in pregnancy
Medical Xpress
(Medical Xpress) -- Life gets off to a rough start for babies born to drug-dependent women, even when their mothers' addiction is clinically managed during pregnancy with methadone or other therapeutic replacement drugs. Born with their own chemical ...
We have enough addiction problems
Hamilton Spectator
We have more than enough addiction problems in our society and gambling is as bad as any other. Where is our leadership heading with this money-grabbing? I read in the Spec about thoughts of a putting a casino in Hamilton. Why?
Alcoholism and Problem Drinking – Signs Or Symptoms Part 1 ...
By Ed Philips
Alcoholism is a word that lots of people use to mean alcohol dependence (alcohol addiction). Some people are problem drinkers without being dependent on alcohol. If you are alcohol-dependent then detoxing (detox) can assist you to quit ...
AHIP's Health Care Plans
Five Benefits of Exercise in Addiction Recovery | CRC Health Group ...
By CRC Health Group
But by the time you get to the end of this post, you'll likely have a much greater appreciation for the availability — and necessity — of fine dining and physical conditioning in residential treatment programs for substance abuse and addiction. At The Rose of Newport Beach, ... Fill time — Being an addict can be quite time-consuming, with large chunks of one's day devoted to finding, acquiring, using and recovering from one's substance of choice. One positive way to fill those “empty ...
CRC Health Group Blog
Addiction Recovery - Psych Central Blogs
By David Sack, M.D.
This was the message of a survey released last week by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), which found that more than 23 million people (10% of adults) in ...
Addiction Recovery
Proactive Steps to Take in Recovery | Addiction Treatment
By Addiction Treatment
Make a list of all the harmful things that happened in your past as a result of your addiction. You likely already are working on a list of these for one of the Twelve Steps. Next to each of them, write how your life has changed as a result of being ...
Addiction Treatment Magazine
Adolescence and Addiction | Psychology Today
Last stage adolescents may be at higher risk of addiction By Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph .D.. ...Addiction is a highly complicit disease because the addict's choices are partly ... guidance, and sponsorship of Alcoholics Anonymous or derivative 12- step ...
www.psychologytoday.com/.../adolescence-and-addiction
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Addiction is an apt metaphor for our nation's relationship to incarceration because we, like the addict, pursue incarceration even despite high costs, diminishing ...
https://www.aclu.org/.../breaking-addiction-incarceration-week...
