Why Alcoholism Is Soaring in Officially Booze-Free Iran

Forbidden Drink: Why Alcoholism Is Soaring in Officially Booze-Free Iran
The Atlantic
The Islamic Republic of Iran takes its ban on alcohol, which goes back to a few months after the 1979 revolution, so seriously that taking a drink here can get you publicly whipped. Last week, one Iranian couple, who had endured 80 lashes each on their ...

The Atlantic

Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction?
RedOrbit
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – An estimated 46 million Americans are current smokers, and approximately 70% of them wish they had never smoked, and want to quit. While it is the 4000 chemicals within the burning cigarette that causes the health problems ...

40 Million Americans Addicted to Cigarettes, Alcohol or Drugs
Philadelphia Inquirer
Yet treatment is hard to come by, according to the study, which was released this week by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York City. Only about one in 10 people who need treatment for their addiction ...

Addiction Treatment Falls Woefully Short – Can't We Do Better?
PsychCentral.com (blog)
But we would have an even greater impact if we also learned from the success of people in long-term recovery and considered the research supporting the efficacy of the 12-Step model. ... In spite of a large body of research showing that addiction is a ...

New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction
eNews Park Forest
In the journal Science Translational Medicine, the scientists describe how a single dose of their novel vaccine protects mice, over their lifetime, against nicotine addiction. The vaccine is designed to use the animal's liver as a factory to ...

Nicotine vaccine could break smokers of addiction
Ctv News
A vaccine to help smokers break their nicotine addiction and prevent non-smokers from ever getting hooked could be moving closer to reality.

Heroin addict dad warns of threat from 'miaow-miaow'
This is South Wales
A DAD-OF-SEVEN who has battled with heroin addiction his whole adult life, says it is no longer the number one drug on the streets of Llanelli.He said young people were turning to mephedrone ...

Gene jab cure hope for smokers addiction
Belfast Telegraph
A 'genetic cure' that stimulates they body into making antibodies against nicotine could help millions stuggling with their cigarette addiction, say researchers.

Opiate Addiction Termed "Epidemic"
Fenceviewer
ELLSWORTH — A local drug recovery professional has issued a call to arms in the wake of an Ellsworth businessman's arrest on a charge of trafficking i...

'Smoking Vaccine' May Stop Addiction
Newsmax Health
A vaccine that stops nicotine from reaching the brain shows promise in lab mice and may eventually help people quit smoking, researchers report.

Nicotine vaccine may help smokers quit
CANOE
It can cure nicotine addiction in mice. Now scientists are hoping their stop-smoking vaccine will work in humans.

Quit Smoking: A vaccine, given once, may end smoking addiction
DigitalJournal.com
If the treatment a research team in New York is working on works as well on humans as mice then kissing the smoking habit goodbye will be as easy as getting a vaccine. In fact, that's what it is - a vaccine, given once, lasts a lifetime.

DigitalJournal.com

Crack addict gets six years for sub shop attack
Hamilton Spectator
A 41-year-old Hamilton crack addict with a history of violence has been handed a six-year prison sentence for a violent robbery at an iconic city sub shop. Adam Exley, a father of three, received the sentence Thursday in connection with a robbery and ...

Quit smoking with a shot? New vaccine might cure addiction
RT
Scientists are saying they could be closer to curing cigarette addiction than ever before: researchers at a New York lab have developed a vaccine that they think curbs the need for a fix and so far their tests are being considered a success.

RT

Mother's heartache as her alcoholic son dies aged 28 after he began drinking ...
Daily Mail
Matthew Stiebrins, 28, (pictured with his mother) from Haverhill, Suffolk, had abused alcohol so much it started eating away at his brain and and left with irreversible cirrhosis of the liver.

Daily Mail

Addiction recovery—a Jewish issue too
Jewish United Fund
With a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology, Fishman has worked in the addictions field since 1987, across New York, Florida, Jerusalem. and beyond, and says "my whole experience is about spirituality and addiction." ... In the meantime, Fishman has hit the ...

Jewish United Fund

New anti-nicotine vaccine could take the pleasure out of smoking
MyFox Phoenix
"We are very hopeful that this kind of vaccine strategy can finally help the millions of smokers who have tried to stop, exhausting all the methods on the market today, but find their nicotineaddiction to be strong enough to overcome these current ...

Nicotine-fighting antibodies may offer a new approach to treating addiction
FierceBiotech
An NIH-funded group of investigators has designed a new nicotine vaccine designed to eliminate the pleasing physical response people get when they light up. And while it's only been tested successfully in mice so far, the work has stirred interest in a ...

New vaccine could provide lifetime immunity to nicotine addiction
Gizmag
However, he adds that it might also be possible to use the vaccine to preempt nicotine addictionin those that have never smoked. In the same way that vaccines are now used to prevent a number of disease-producing infections. "Just as parents decide to ...

Nicotine Vaccine Found to Help Smoking Addiction Behavior
Z6Mag
Michael Fingerhood, MD, medical director of the comprehensive care practice at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, who specializes in the treatment of addiction, says that the addiction to smoking a cigarettes goes deeper than ...

Charlie Sheen Struggles with Alcoholism Again
Empowered News
FX declined comment. Sheen's new show premieres Thursday. In a statement, Ben Levenson, CEO of Origins Recovery Centers, called Sheen “one of the last people an addict should take advice from.” “If Mr. Sheen wants to promote his new show, great, but, ...

Empowered News

Just When I Thought I Was Fine, My Nicotine Addiction Grabbed Hold Again
Patch.com
Addiction is ugly whether your vice is food, cigarettes, people or alcohol. ... And if I haven't experienced it first hand, I would probably have the same reaction many others seem to have when it comes to the disease of addiction. “How can it be a ...

Childhood ADHD Medication Usage Increases by 46 Percent; Dr. Bonnie ...
San Francisco Chronicle
"Seeing prescription drug addiction in teens is troubling at such a young age and the fact that they're engaging in this behavior in order to outperform their peers in school can show a misguided ambition," says Dr. Bonnie. Because teen's brains aren't ...

Tory MP with gambling addiction sold information - including floorplans of the ...
Daily Mail
Raymond Mawby, who died in 1990, sold information about colleague and sensitive Government information to the Czech Security Service, files have revealed.

Daily Mail

With New Nicotine Vaccine, Cigarettes Give You No Pleasure
Popular Science
Nicotine addiction is a hard habit to break. But what if you could never get hooked in the first place? Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York report in the journal Science Translational Medicine that they have developed a potential ...

Popular Science

How Lack of Insight Sustains Addiction | Psychology Today
By Joshua Gowin, Ph.D.
Over 80% of people don't seek treatment for addiction. This does not mean they don't have a ...Addiction might result when users fail to notice the problems resulting from their continued drug use. Like my BMW, the failure to understand the ...
Psychology Today Blogs

CASA Report on Addiction Medicine Available: Closing the Gap ...
By Patrick Gauthier
FIVE YEAR NATIONAL STUDY REVEALS: ADDICTION TREATMENT NEGLECTED BY U.S. MEDICAL SYSTEM SIXTEEN PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION HAS THE DISEASE OF. ...older have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs, a disease affecting more Americans than heart conditions, diabetes or cancer according to a five-year national study released today by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA Columbia).
Behavioral Health Today

Is obesity a drug addiction? | The Elusive Self
By Steve Fleming
The “disease model” of drug addiction is that drugs hijack the midbrain dopamine system. Different drugs get to dopamine via diverse molecular pathways, which probably underlie their distinctive subjective properties. But all studied drugs of ...
The Elusive Self

Does American Culture Encourage Addiction? | Recovery First
By russbarnstein
The United States is facing an epidemic of addiction, and our culture may be to blame. Thousands of people check into residential inpatient treatment every year, and millions more are still struggling with drugs and alcohol. Despite negative ...
Recovery First

Mouse Study May Lead to New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction ...
By NewsBot
Mouse Study May Lead to New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction Health News Headlines. ... (Psych Central News) Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested a new vaccine to treat nicotine addiction in mice.
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Just For Today June 29- "Keeping Recovery Fresh - SoberRecovery
By lonestarTH
Addiction is patient, subtle, progressive, and incurable. It's also fatal-we can die from this disease, unless we continue to treat it. And the treatment for addiction is a vital, ongoing program of recovery. The Twelve Steps are a process, a path we ...
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Pain Medications: Addiction and Fear of Becoming Addicted

Pain Medications: Addiction and Fear of Becoming Addicted
Many people fear becoming addicted to pain medications. WebMD explains what addiction is, what it isn't, and how it can affect your pain treatment.
www.webmd.com/pain.../pain-medication-addiction?src=RSS...

Doctors often ignore addiction in patients
UPI.com
A five-year national study released by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University said another 80 million people are risky ... 

Researchers develop vaccine to treat nicotine addiction
Fox News
Researchers have developed a vaccine that successfully treated nicotine addiction in mice, according to a study published Wednesday in Science Translational ...

Vaccine Shows Promise for Nicotine Addiction
Wall Street Journal
A one-dose vaccine aimed at preventing nicotine addiction showed promise in studies on mice, Cornell researchers said.

Mouse Study May Lead to New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction
PsychCentral.com
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested a new vaccine to treat nicotine addiction in mice. In the journal Science Translational ...

PsychCentral.com

Experimental Vaccine Seems to Stop Nicotine Addiction in Mice
Philadelphia Inquirer
WEDNESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine could someday help smokers kick the habit once and for all, according to a study that found the shot ...

Vaccine stops nicotine from reaching the brain, may prevent addiction
CBS News
Vaccine stops nicotine from reaching the brain, may prevent addiction ... announced they've successfully tested a new vaccine that may treat nicotine addiction. ....wouldn't be any different than using the drug Anabuse to treat alcoholism. ... can't ...

CBS News

Those With Addiction Neglected by US Medical System
Huffington Post (blog)
Addiction is the most neglected disease in the United States medical system. ... President and CEO, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at ...

New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction
Science Daily (press release)
"As far as we can see, the best way to treat chronic nicotine addiction from smoking is to have these Pacman-like antibodies on patrol, clearing the blood as ...

Top Addiction Medicine Expert Dr. AR Mohammad Implores Medical ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
In Light Of Growing Overdose Rate And 'Doctor Shopping' Incidents, Dr. Mohammad Encourages Addiction Experts And Physicians Everywhere To Be Vigilant ...

Limerence and the Biochemical Roots of Love Addiction
Huffington Post (blog)
David Sack, M.D., is board certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and ... He is CEO of Elements Behavioral Health, a network of addiction treatment ...

New nicotine addiction vaccine reported
Examiner.com
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College reported the development of a single dose vaccine that produces lifetime protection against nicotine addiction in ...

Adderall addiction in mothers on the rise with dangerous outcomes
Examiner.com
This lead to an even more serious addiction and losing her home business. She almost lost ... For more information on drug addiction visit Narcotics Anonymous.

8 Ways to Prevent Prescription Addiction
HealthNewsDigest.com
All Categories, Addiction Issues, ADHD, Alcoholism Issues, Allergies, Alzheimer Issues ... "Often, parents and friends are unaware of a growing prescription addiction until it is too late, ... + How to Survive Alcoholic Parents... + 10 Percent of ...

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Vaccine Stops Nicotine From Reaching the Brain, May Prevent ...
5 News
(CBS News) Trying to quit smoking? It's tough - studies suggest 70 to 80 percent of people who try to quit smoke within six months, according to a CBS News ...

5 News

Scientific Paper Describing the Ocular Safety of Short-Term ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Scientific Paper Describing the Ocular Safety of Short-Term Vigabatrin Treatment for CocaineAddiction in Online Edition of American Journal of Ophthalmology ...

New injection to beat nicotine addiction
Marie Claire.co.uk
Scientists are developing a new genetic vaccine that will help smokers overcome the addiction to nicotine, whilst also hopefully preventing teenagers from ever ...

Utah publicly funded substance abuse and mental health facilities ...
StandardNet
OGDEN — Clients and staff members at more than 150 publicly funded substance abuse and mental health facilities across Utah are going tobacco free.

Alcoholic arrested for foul-mouthed rant at police
Shields Gazette
AN alcoholic with more than 70 convictions for being drunk and disorderly was arrested again for swearing at police.

Shields Gazette

New anti-nicotine vaccine could take the pleasure out of smoking
MyFox Washington DC
A single dose of the vaccine was able to protect mice against nicotine addiction for life. Further tests are needed before starting human trials, which would take ...

Father's Day, Functional Alcoholism and Funk: Lost Abbey & New ...
Houston Press (blog)
Fathers' Day came and went recently and, nearly a decade in, I'm still getting used to the fact that it applies to me. Don't get me wrong, I am fully and completely ...

NJ rehab rates for opiate addictions skyrocket
Asbury Park Press
www.pickawareness.com, a parent resource center for alcoholism and ... is now devoted to spreading the word about the unrelenting grip of opiate addiction.

DNA vaccine may halt nicotine addiction: study
Jakarta Post
An injection of genes that neutralize nicotine cravings could help smokers quit the habit, scientists claim. According to a research team at Weil Cornell Medical ...

Jakarta Post

Drug addiction not an excuse for crime: judge
Western Star
CORNER BROOK — Despite the argument from his lawyer that it was drug addictionthat fueled his attempted armed robbery, Titus Lynn House will be going to ...

Western Star

Smoking vaccine? Weill Cornell Medical College researchers ...
New York Daily News
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed and successfully tested in mice an innovative approach to treating nicotine addiction.
 
New York Daily News

Gambling addict blew £23000 of stolen cash at bookies in two weeks
The Star
A MOTOR trader blew a £23000 windfall at the bookies in the space of a fortnight, a court heard.

The Star

SCIENCE: Mice kick nicotine habit with gene therapy: Are humans ...
North County Times
The article's authors include The Scripps Research Institute's Kim Janda, who studies the science ofaddiction. It was published online Wednesday in the journal ...

Gambling addict steals almost $60000 from boss who helped her ...
Courier Mail
A GAMBLING addict whose caring boss helped her buy a mobile home repaid him by stealing almost $60000 of his company's money.

Whitney Houston's Death Raises Addiction Questions | FYI BeHealthy
How Is Addiction Treated? Most of us are familiar with 12-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Such programs, which offer intensive community support, can be very effective. But ultimately, the most effective addiction treatment varies from person to person, says substance abuse treatment expert Goldman. “Treatment is a very personal choice,” Goldman tells WebMD. “Nowadays there are many options: medications, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy, ...
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New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction Successfully Tested in Mice ...
By Neuroscience News
Weill Cornell researchers develop novel antibody vaccine that blocks addictive nicotine chemicals from reaching the brain. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed and successfully tested in mice an innovative vaccine ...
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What Causes Alcoholism | lab seek
By joeadmin
Again, identity formation, habit cycles, and the treatment of the causes of alcoholism. ... What causes alcoholism? It's the strangest kind of disease because it finds a person on his knees before the idea of free-will and the reality of addiction. When we think of ... The lonely life of the alcoholic, the self-centered life of the alcoholic, must be transformed into something that is reintegrated with a greater community, a greater purpose, and a greater vision of being. Which is why AA is so ...
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drug addicted brother..... - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
By silver48
I can't be sure that his pill addiction started when he was prescribed these pills, or if they started earlier. Either way, he ... I had no idea he was this far into being an addict, and to be honest, I am feeling horribly guilty I didn't realize this before.
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Experimental Vaccine Seems to Stop Nicotine Addiction in Mice ...
"As far as we can see, the best way to treat chronic nicotine addiction from ... it from reaching its receptors in the brian, would't a nicotine addict just need up the ...
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Addiction Treatment in America: Not Based in Science?

Addiction Treatment in America: Not Based in Science, Not Truly ...
TIME
Addiction is typically characterized as a disease, so why aren't treatments based in... was published by Columbia's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse(CASA), ... programs, typically based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. ...The ...

TIME

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Addiction: America's Most Neglected Disease
By Lloyd I. Sederer, MD
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released a report on addictions today that is remarkably comprehensive and even more remarkably honest in portraying the virtually utter failure to identify and ...
The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed 

Best Practices to Treat Alcoholism Reviewed
PsychCentral.com
Scientists from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have ... The societal burden of not treating alcoholism: Dr. Brian Rush discusses that on a ...

PsychCentral.com

When alcoholism invades workplaces
New Vision
If you are trapped in alcoholism, your behaviour could be noticed by ... Kalumba warns that if no action is taken, work relations between an alcoholic and ...

American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation Lauds CASA ...
Newswise (press release)
The American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation (ABAM Foundation) today lauded the significant findings and recommendations in the landmark report ...

De-addiction seekers on the rise
Times of India
Even my family life has been suffering after my marriage due to this addiction of ... The first step in de-addiction is detoxification of the addict, followed by his ...

Two New Vaccines Could Cure Cocaine Addiction
Technorati
New vaccines open up a world of possibilities for curing drug addiction. ... Once vaccinated, an addict's body will seek out and destroy any cocaine it finds.

Technorati

Dear Abby: Husband's pot smoking is an addiction
The Daily News Journal
Dear Abby: My husband, who is 53, talks often about his college days when he smoked marijuana. Over the past several years he has started smoking it again.

Commentary: Hidden stories tell us much about our presidents
Kansas City Star
Or, more precisely, alcoholism. . . .an addiction to alcohol. .... Three out of the last five presidents had alcoholic fathers.

Are You a Tech Addict?
CIO Insight
How can you tell if you're a tech addict? If you see yourself reflected in the following ten traits, it may be time to take a tech break. Jantz is a mental-health ...

No agency for one lakh drug-addict kids in Jharkhand
Times of India
Dr Ashok Kumar Nag, the medical superintendent of the RINPAS and an expert on drug de-addiction, said, "There are over 1 lakh drug-addict children in ...

Ethnic groups get addiction treatment
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge – Heroin detoxification programmes in northwestern provinces are achieving satisfactory results, despite many obstacles, said Do Thi Ninh ...

Many Americans aren't seeking addiction help
WTVR
(WTVR) — A new study by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University says that only one in ten people who suffer from ...

WTVR

Addiction to drugs, alcohol on the rise
Deccan Chronicle
Mr K.S. Chowdary, founder of Asha Jyothi, an alcohol and drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation centre here said that parents of some youngsters were ...

Protect loved ones from drug addiction
Nashua Telegraph
Heartfelt thanks to the young people who bravely shared their stories of struggling with prescription drug addiction with The Telegraph. (“Rx: Addiction Epidemic” ...

Facebook addiction: Social media gone wild
Peoria Journal Star (blog)
"Perhaps the hardest hit from social media addiction is the family unit.," said Jantz, suggesting that parents monitor their own time spent online to ensure it's not ...

Greek tragedy: Austerity and addiction
Salon
Greek tragedy: Austerity and addiction. Can the new government .... So far, Patsi has not seen an increase in the street-addict population. Though government ...

Pete Doherty checks into rehab
Sky News Australia
The Libertines frontman flew to Thailand yesterday (26.06.12) to cure his addiction to heroin and crack cocaine. A statement on the singer's official website read: ...

Addiction: Misunderstood, Greatly Undertreated, Report Finds | The ...
By Join Together Staff
Many who do receive treatment do not receive evidence-based care, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA Columbia). Many people misunderstand addiction, and think of it as a ...
The Partnership

How I Beat My Sugar Addiction
By Tina
I've been meaning to write this post for awhile now since I finally feel in control of my sugar cravings. I guess you could say it's been a long journey to kick my sugar habit once and for all. It definitely didn't happen overnight. In fact, it took me a ...
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Adderall Becoming Addiction for American Mothers | TopNews Arab ...
By Kanika Mehta
Adderall Becoming Addiction for American Mothers It has been revealed in a latest report that most mothers in America are increasingly becoming regular users of Adderall drug, not because they suffer ADHD, but just in order to get relief from ...
TopNews Arab Emirates

DRUG DE ADDICTION DAY OBSERVED Lastupdate:- Wed, 27 Jun ...
Bandipora, June 26: The teachers here in Higher Secondary School Aloosa on Tuesday organized a seminar to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit trafficking. Superintendent of Police Bashir Ahmed Kahn was the Chief ...
Greater Kashmir:News

Substance Abuse 411-#40-Peer Recovery Coaches-Mary Jo Mather ...
By Larry Henry
Peer Recovery Coaches use their personal experiences of recovery to facilitate and built resilience of persons with addiction, mental illness, or co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders. Because of this growing area of work, the IC ...
Substance Abuse 411

young, recovering addict - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
By TakenByTheSky
After I gave up ALL recreational drugs and hallucinogenics, I gave up all the pills I wasnt addicted to (the speed, valium, vicodin, etc), then I gave up my addiction (Oxycontin) and replaced it with taking a few xanax a day then got down to 1 xany a day and then none. Then I quit marijuana. Next i'm going to quit drinking ... I'm a spouse of an alcoholic so I dont think I'll be much help on how to get clean but if you ever need to talk I'm here for you. I'm 21 and I've thought about "ending it all" ...
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What's the best way to treat problem alcohol use? -Alcoholism and ...
Scientists from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have released comprehensive reviews of the most effective treatments for alcohol dependence, one of the most prevalent addictions in Canada. Published in the latest edition ...
Mental Health news from Armenian...

Mobile addiction: Why we cannot put down our devices and 7 ways ...
By John X. Kenny. It is hard to make it through a single day in recent months without running across a news outlet covering the massive revolution that ...
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Alcoholism Side Effect of Gastric Bypass Surgery? | Video - ABC News
Alcoholism Side Effect of Gastric Bypass Surgery? Researchers report ...VIDEO: Some gastric ...
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Supermom's Secret Addiction to Adderall (video)

Supermom's Secret Addiction to Adderall (video)

Supermom's Secret Addiction: Stepping Out of Adderall's Shadow
ABC News
All over America there are moms in the shadows drowning in their daily responsibilities and turning to the prescription drug Adderall for relief. Adderall is a drug ...

ABC News

Ex-drug addict brings hope to Richmond
San Jose Mercury News
He's in a gray hallway outside a noisy Narcotics Anonymous meeting at 400 ... barks about how he used to "do whatever" to feed his crack cocaine addiction.

Five Year National Study Reveals: Addiction Treatment Neglected ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Forty million Americans ages 12 and older have addiction involving nicotine, ... on Addiction andSubstance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA* Columbia).

Report shows disconnect between addiction science, treatment
NewsOK.com
Although scientific research shows that addiction is a complex brain disease, many ... The report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at ... to a support group, such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.

Feds: NY postmaster took $51K for heroin addiction
Wall Street Journal
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Authorities say a northern New York postmaster stole more than $51000 in money orders to feed a heroin addiction.

Addiction caught student-athlete
Nashua Telegraph
Lindsay Gregg fights to recover from addiction that started with prescription ... Hear Scott O'Neil talk about his problems with drug addiction and Annamaria Delk ...

Lean may be more prone to addiction
Futurity: Research News
A new study with mice shows that people who have less interest in food may be more prone to drug addiction. Here, a lean animal and a control were both ...

Amy's dad details addiction in memoir
Channel 24
New York - The father of late British singer Amy Winehouse details his daughter's cycle of drug and alcohol abuse in a new memoir due on bookshelves on ...

Substance abuse deaths spur community discussion
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Called Lighthouse, the program is dedicated to overcoming addiction through ... Now the focus will be on raising awareness of substance abuse, which ...

Addict: 'Spice is the worst by far'
WOOD-TV
He says he's been addicted to all kinds of drugs, but Spice, he said, is the worst. Heroin, cocaine, and this is the worst, by far the worst because it's so easy to get ...

Drug addiction on the rise in city
The News International
Karachi Drug abuse in Karachi is increasing even as efforts to fight addiction and trafficking falter, Farhan Naveed of the Drug Free Pakistan Foundation told The ...

Sources: Substance abuse, not exhaustion, led to Jesse Jackson Jr ...
Capitol Hill Blue
Sources close to supporters of Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. say the “medical leave of absence for treatment of exhaustion” announced Monday is a ...

The Case for Better Alternatives
Huffington Post (blog)
The U.S. prison population remains the largest in the world -- 85 percent of which suffers from addiction, has a history of substance abuse, or faces drug-related ...

Drug addict jailed for smuggling heroin
Royal Gazette
A heroin addict who smuggled $1.4 million worth of the drug into Bermuda said getting caught turned out to be a.

Douglas Case Points to a Better Way for Those Affected by Addiction
Huffington Post (blog)
... including peer-to-peer support, addiction counseling, cognitive behavioral ... the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

Addiction Study Reveals Startling Findings
WETM-TV
Addiction Study Reveals Startling Findings ... study was done by researchers at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

Kris Jenner Could Have A Drinking Problem, Says Addiction Specialist
Hollywood Life
... Kardashians. An addiction specialist spea. ... I am NOT an alcoholic but after work on a Friday on a tough Week I have said “I NEED A DRINK”!! Also, I have ...

Drug addiction increasing alarmingly
The News International
“One of every ten students at college or university level is drug addict. ... Over 40000 street children are involved in solvent substance abuse in four major cities ...

Addict begs for jail term to beat heroin problem
This is South Wales
A HEROIN addict tearfully begged magistrates to send her to prison so she ... it was the only place she could get immediate help to beat her heroin addiction.

Creating awareness against drug addiction stressed
Pakistan Daily Times
Creating awareness against drug addiction stressed. Karachi: Prominent psychiatrist and MD Karachi Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital Dr Syed Mubin Akhtar ...

In Brains of Mice, Cells for Overeating Linked to Those Sparked by ...
ABC News
The findings, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, suggest that in mice, and possibly in humans, there is an overlap between addiction and obesity in ...

Five Year National Study Reveals: Addiction Treatment Neglected ...
By WDM Group PR Network
NEW YORK, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty million Americans ages 12 and older have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs, a disease affecting more Americans than heart conditions, diabetes or cancer according to a five-year national study released today by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA* Columbia). Another 80 million people are risky substance users - using tobacco, alcohol and other ...
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From Addiction to Recovery!
By Laurie Gerber
TweetPin ItI want to tell you a story that gave me hope. I work with a lot of people who struggle with addiction and I believe it's our job to prove the theory that recovery is possible and hugely advantageous.
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Trying to Decide, “Is it alcoholism or ____”? | BreakingTheCycles ...
By Lisa Frederiksen
Sharing research, experiences & information on substance abuse, addiction as a brain disease, underage drinking, family recovery, dual diagnosis, prevention, treatment & more since 2008. Together we can end the stigma, misinformation ...
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Feds: NY Postmaster Took $51K For Heroin Addiction « CBS ...
By chelfandcbs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a northern New York postmaster stole more than $51000 in money orders to feed a heroin addiction. The U.S. Attorney's office says 30-year-old Andrea Lynch of Clayton, N.Y., pleaded guilty Monday to ...
CBS Connecticut

Need advice... - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help ...
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A woman I know through work...her daughter is BIG time into the throws of alcoholism. Jail, job loss, no license, car wreck, community service ..the whole 9 yards of fun most of us have been through. Anyway I have never discussed with her my ...
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Parents Find Talking With Kids About Drugs Complicated by ...
... helping parents and families solve the problem of teen substance abuse. ... So the teen's experimentation with drugs now can be the cause of drug addiction in ... met a parent who said they could not wait for their kid to become a drug addict.
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Prescription Drug Abuse Fueling Rise in Heroin Addiction

Prescription Drug Abuse Fueling Rise in Heroin Addiction | The ...
The increase in prescription drug abuse is fueling a rise in heroin addiction, NBC ... I am a recovered addict (although stimulants were my drug of choice) and I ...
www.drugfree.org/.../prescription-drug-abuse-fueling-rise-in-... 

Leading Residential Treatment Center for Addiction and Eating ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Addiction, particularly prescription drug abuse, is a growing problem among ... 12 - 65+) with eating disorders, substance abuse, trauma, mood and co-occurring ...

Drug addiction driven by brain cells that control hunger: study
Firstpost
The researchers from Yale university found a set of nerve cells in the brain that is not only linked with hunger and overeating, but also drives drug addiction.

Firstpost

What drives drug addiction
Times of India
Researchers have zeroed in on a set of nerve cells (neurons) in the brain's hypothalamus that is not only linked with hunger and overeating, but also drives drug ...

Double-Whammy: PTSD and Substance Abuse
TIME (blog)
Battleland contributor Bingham Jamison, a Marine who saw action in Iraq and came home the worse for wear, is the subject of a new video by Veterans Healing ...

Hope Shines in Fight Against Heroin Deaths, Drug Addiction
Patch.com
Drugs do not discriminate,” said Chris Migalski, a substance abuse professional. ... When people found out I was a heroin addict, they couldn't believe it.

Online game and internet addiction
Korea Times
Game addiction has bred frightening crimes in the last few years including a ... Internetaddiction is similar to gambling and substance addiction, stressed Lee ...

Not even pregnancy could force woman to break cycle of addiction
Nashua Telegraph
Meghan Morrissey hit rock bottom – twice. Day after day, the 22-year-old Manchester mother was.

More Marylanders getting substance abuse treatment
Cumberland Times-News
CUMBERLAND — Opportunities for Western Maryland residents and others across the state to obtain substance abuse counseling and treatment are improving ...

Break the cycle of sexual addiction
Jamaica Gleaner
Sexual Addiction is eating away the society and the nation! It negatively affects the economy and propels wrong choices and poor decisions...

Jamaica Gleaner

Wrong friends abet addiction
Oman Daily Observer
By Conrad Prabhu — MUSCAT — A study of drug addiction in the Sultanate ... initiative has shed light on the dynamics of substance abuse in the Sultanate.

Pa. to end program that 'saved my life,' man says
RealClearPolitics
Determined to leave behind 30 years of alcohol and drug addiction, he entered detox for eight days in February 2008 and then lived in a recovery house while ...

Junior gamblers battle addiction
Herald Sun
And they have few difficulties side-stepping the law. The first national study of the gambling habits of Australia's youth has found a tenth of kids aged 10-14 fit ...

Ray Lucas Blames NFL for Painkiller Addiction
The Jet Press
Ray Lucas is a happy guy working as an analyst for SNY. But when you talk about how his battles with addiction have been reported, you get a very different Ray ...

The Jet Press

Neurons controlling hunger also drive drug addiction: Study
Newstrack India
Neurons controlling hunger also drive drug addiction: Study.

Local teens: Heroin is going to keep killing our friends
Chicago Daily Herald
Former addict Greg Harmon holds up a strip of Suboxone, the medication he still takes ...Lauren Hansen, with her brother, former addict Michael Hansen, in the ...

Drug abuse still a serious threat to public health
IPPmedia
Najimu who has been free of addiction since February 2011 says his history with drugs spans back 15 years. During the time, he has seen many of his drug ...

IPPmedia

Pa. to end program that 'saved my life,' man...
The Times Herald
But he says $200 a month from Pennsylvania's General Assistance program helped save his life from three decades of alcohol and drug addiction.

Community Prevention Resources of Warren County will offer ...
Warren Reporter
The process is a public health approach to preventing substance abuse and ... Adults and teens can learn how to prevent substance abuse in their communities.

Media Blitz to Target Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Caribarena Antigua
Antigua St. John's - The Substance Abuse Prevention Division in the Ministry of Health, Social Transformation, Consumer Affairs & Local Government will launch ...

WPLN's StoryCorps: The Long Road from Addiction
Nashville Public Radio
Last year, Holden Penley got fired. He'd been stealing computer equipment from his office, as he tried to support a heroin addiction. [caption id=

Nashville Public Radio

A Recovery Ranch with Purpose and New Website
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
... dedicated to helping those who suffer from drug and alcohol abuse and addiction. ... or co-occurring problems that are a result of, or contribute to, substance abuse. ... from the principles of the 12 Step philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Dramatic Reduction in Funding for Substance Abuse Services in NC ...
By Clarissa Goodlett
Please be aware that the state budget includes a reduction of substance abuse funding of $8.5 million dollars beginning July 1, 2012. Advocates, persons served, providers and other stakeholders are strongly encouraged to contact their ...
North Carolina Substance Abuse...

Sex Addiction - ezyhealth.com

By EHB
Sex Addiction. It's Not About Sex… It's About Addiction by Dr Kit S Ng, PhD. The Struggle with SexAddiction. Part of the struggle of sex addiction is that there will be “on and off” attempt to stop. At times, the addiction may stop for a short period ...
Singapore magazine | Health |...

Scared for my liver - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
By FakeFlowers
Just keep with us, and we will understand what you are trying to communicate. Sounds like you are in a place to make changes. This board will help. Have you thought about how you would like to address your addiction? What steps you want ...
SoberFeed...Live!

Singer Monifah Reveals 7 Year Struggle With Drug Addiction [Video ...
By Jade West
If you've been wondering what happened to Monifah, well she's back with a story to tell. “Life happened. When I did the third album, it didn't do as well as the others. It did well to not have any promotion behind it. They just sort of threw it ...
101.1 The Wiz

Medical News: Alcoholic Liver Disease May Not Lead to Cancer - in ...
Patients with alcoholic cirrhosis have a lower risk of liver cancer than previously thought, Danish researchers found.
www.medpagetoday.com/gastroenterology/.../33370

My Child Is a Drug Addict | ThirdAge
My Child Is a Drug Addict. ... You might not think that's much of a drug addiction. ... is for what your child has become under the influence of substance abuse.
www.thirdage.com/parenting/my-child-is-a-drug-addict

Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy | Addiction Articles ...
Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy aspires to be the leading journal publishing the most exciting research in the field of addiction research & therapy.
www.omicsonline.org/JARThome.php/

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