Yale Daily News
More than 100 members of the New Haven community attended the talk at the New Haven Free Public Library on Elm Street, where two graduate students and a postdoctoral researcher discussed addiction and how it affects the human brain.
Leading questions: Nick Barton, Action on Addiction
The Guardian
Describe Action on Addiction's relationship with the public sector – how closely do you work together and how could this be improved? We provide residential and day treatment services from which statutory agencies purchase individual episodes or block...
The Guardian
Methadone addict jailed for brutal and senseless killing
Yorkshire Post
A METHADONE addict has been jailed indefinitely with a minimum term of 15 years for the “brutal and senseless” killing of a drinking partner. Benjamin Scott, 32, stabbed his neighbour Gary Beech, 44, at least 120 times in the head, face and back, ...
Recovering addict stole headphones
The Northern Echo
A RECOVERING heroin addict stole headphones then sold them to a second-hand shop because he was short of cash, a court heard. Alistair Robert Dow exchanged 20 sets of headphones stolen from Boyes in Darlington at Cash Converters for £20 on January 30, ...
Developmentally delayed addict may be eligible for help, court hears
Victoria Times Colonist
She suffers from bipolar disorder and is also a drug addict and a sex-trade worker. Reports presented to the court suggest that she needs at least continuous supervision and that locked confinement is probably the only way to keep her safe.
Addiction Treatment Advocates Call for More Alcohol Tax Money for Programs
KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
By Corey Allen-Young ALASKA - Calling substance abuse an epidemic in Alaska, advocates of treatment and prevention say the key to getting more people help is by increasing the amount of dollars used from the alcohol beverage tax – money they say could ...
Addict, 26, jailed over Gungahlin club theft
The Canberra Times
A NSW man who was ''off his face'' when he took part in a $36855 armed robbery at the Gungahlin Lakes Club has been jailed for four years. The ACT Supreme Court heard Daniel Ronald Po'oi, 26, brandished a replica handgun at three terrified club ...
Gambling addiction groups wary of new Jacksonville poker room
Florida Times-Union
By Adam Kealoha Causey A new Jacksonville poker room may seem a sure bet for the owners' pocketbooks, but gambling addiction support groups and community leaders say BestBet Jacksonville could be a bad deal for card players.
Addiction and Afghanistan, Obama and Volkow
Huffington Post
Now, let's turn to addiction. You know people in other countries, like Afghanistan, don't view opiates the way we do. That's why psychiatrist David Musto could write The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control. You see, other countries didn't ...
Legal prescriptions for opioids can lead to addiction
Florida Times-Union
John Tanner has treated addiction for 25 years and has seen a dramatic increase due to the use of opioids. By Charlie Patton Addiction to painkilling opioids like oxycontin has become “a public health crisis” and a “deadly epidemic,” in Jacksonville ...
Houston: A Reminder of the Perils of Addiction
The Root
There remains a terrible stigma to admitting that behind the Sunday-best faces, some of the so-called righteous are struggling with addiction. Silence and shame cloud a disease that impacts more than 22 million people. Overdoses claim a life every 14 ...
Heroin addict admitted to drug court
The Record-Courier
A 24-year-old Gardnerville Ranchos man who said he was tired of living as a heroin addict was admitted to drug court Monday. District Judge Michael Gibbons approved admission to drug court for Brandon James Pendle who pleaded guilty to using or being ...
Silver Hill Hospital announces opening of Chronic Pain and Addiction Center
News-Medical.net
Silver Hill Hospital, the nationally recognized psychiatric hospital in New Canaan, CT, announces the opening of the Chronic Pain and Addiction Center, an intensive residential treatment program for patients with pain who have become addicted to opioid ...
Research and Markets: Addiction Dilemmas: Family Experiences from Literature ...
SunHerald.com
Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that ...
Addict died after overdose
This is Lincolnshire
AN OVERDOSE of heroin resulted in the death of a Horncastle man, an inquest heard. Timothy Jones, 46, was found unresponsive at his home address in Jobson Road on February 1, 2012. Mr Jones had a long-standing, intermittent history of heroin use but ...
Tatum O' Neal voluntarily returns to rehab after 'cocaine relapse'
Daily Mail
She has battled an addiction to drugs for most of her adult life. 'Tatum allegedly made the decision to voluntarily check into rehab after having a relapse about a month ago when she began using cocaine again,' a source told Radaronline.
Daily Mail
One Policy That Should Not Change
Cape May County Herald (press release)
Perhaps the scourge of alcoholism has entered their own lives, and they are either trying to reform or have taken the 12 steps to reform their old lifestyle and craving. The freeholders ought to carefully consider these people when weighing their ...
Some Foods Are Addictive | Wheat Sugar and Food Addiction ...
By David Sack, M.D.
Late Princeton psychologist Dr. Bartley Hoebel hypothesized that both drugs and sugar are governed by three characteristic phases of addiction: binge, withdrawal, and preoccupation. Like drugs, studies show ... In substance abuse treatment, we recognize the risk of cross-addiction and the importance of a developing a healthy lifestyle during drug rehab. It is not uncommon for ... 12-Step fellowship, such as Overeaters Anonymous and Food Addicts Anonymous meetings. • Nutrition ...
Addiction Recovery
Kathleen Turner's Commitment to Play About Addiction Stems From ...
By Bill Hirschman
Kathleen Turner doesn't shy from acknowledging that her devotion to the play High, a harrowing look at the world of addiction, is somewhat rooted in her own battle with alcoholism. “I think I have some information,” she said with wry ... It colors her bravura performance as a foul-mouthed Sister Jamison Connelly, a recovering alcoholic trying to rescue a young meth addict ordered to attend a faith-based program. That devotion has meant standing by the drama written by part-time Fort ...
Florida Theater On Stage
Thoughts of a Recovering Drug Addict | MadMikesAmerica
By Guest Contributor
My name is Dan Abshear, and I am a recovering drug addict. My substance abuse began with alcohol intake, in my early teens. My mother used to insist me and my older teen brother, also a young teenager, party with her, by getting drunk with ...
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Gender Differences In Addiction Treatment: What Loved Ones ...
By admin
If you are concerned about a friend or family member you think may be developing a drug dependency or is already deep in the process of addiction, you should be aware of some big differences in what drives substance abuse between men ...
Michaels House Blog
Addiction Inbox: Is Gambling the Opiate of the Masses?
By Dirk Hanson
Addiction Inbox. The Science of Substance Abuse. Dirk Hanson. Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.
Addiction Inbox
Support Groups for Families of Addicts and Alcoholics
How Does Addiction Affect the Families of Alcoholics and Addicts? ... Twelve-step groups have proven effect in helping many alcoholics and addicts ... to their sibling's alcoholism, they may themselves be at risk for substance abuse. ... When one or both parents is an addict or alcoholic, their parenting skills may erode as the ...
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Faces Of Addiction In Hunts Point, Bronx
Faces Of Addiction In Hunts Point, Bronx: Chris Arnade is a Wall Street banker who l...
www.buzzfeed.com/.../faces-of-addiction-in-hunts-point-bron...