Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them ...
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Addiction is a brain disease
Native Times
Alcoholism, chemical dependency or drug addiction are all terms for the same illness. It has many different manifestations. What many see as voluntary actions by the affected individual are actually the result of a compulsion to use or drink that is ...
Letter: Addiction recovery programs other than "12-step" are available
TCPalm
It is a violation of our civil rights to be forced into support groups that are religious or "spiritual," yet the tenets of AA/NA are allowed to continue their domination of alcohol and other drug addictionrecovery. Incredibly, our public defender ...
Addiction service expands
NW Evening Mail
A DRUG and alcohol support service is branching out as it seeks to assist more locals with their recovery from addiction. New Roots has organised an open day at the Roosegate Community Centre before it begins regular meetings next week. The support ...
Addex's alcoholism compound tests positive in pre-clinical trails
RTT News
PK), a company engaged in the allosteric modulation based drug discovery and development, Monday announced positive results in the pre-clinical testing of its GABA-B receptor positive allosteric modulator (PAM) oral small molecule, ADX71441, in a mouse ...
Delray lobbyists to push legislators for sober house regulations
Sun-Sentinel
Delray Beach officials are taking their fight against sober houses all the way to Tallahassee. The City Commission recently hired a team of lobbyists that can champion the cause — and ask state Legislators to pass legislation that would regulate sober ...
Jail vs. drug treatment
Arizona Republic
If it wasn't for the problem that treatment is only successful in remedying drug and alcohol addictionprobably less than 10 percent of the time, the letter writer who insisted we should spend more money on it would have a point. The treatment industry ...
Alcohol, drug treatment court to open
Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand's first alcohol and drug treatment court will open in central and West Auckland next week. The court will have the capacity to deal with about 100 defendants a year and deal with people identified as having offended due to addiction ...
PropThink: Titan Files NDA on Probuphine; Partner Waits
Reuters
The drug has a pharmacologic ceiling effect, which provides an increased safety margin when compared to methadone. As a result, the drug is now generally recognized as the gold standard for the treatment of opioid addiction. There are an estimated 3.7 ...
Addicted to Food? The New Research Suggests It's Possible.
Newsweek
She adopted her philosophy long before much science backed her up. But the theory that the brain responds to high-fat, high-calorie foods similarly to how it responds todrugs is now gaining scientific muscle, led by renowned names in the field of ...
Newsweek
