Editorial: More women falling prey to drug abuse
Huntington Herald Dispatch
For many years, men accounted for more cases of drug addiction and most of the overdoses. But that is changing rapidly, and health officials maintain the public and the medical community need to adjust mindsets and practices quickly. The signs ...
Enforcement dispute jeopardizes future of county drug court
Kennebec Journal
PORTLAND - For more than a dozen years, the Cumberland County Drug Court program has provided an alternative to incarceration, helping convicted felons overcome drug addiction and re-establish themselves as productive members of society.
Ketum leaves may be classified as dangerous drug: Zahid
The Sun Daily
PUTRAJAYA (July 7, 2013): Ketum leaves and its sub-species may be classified under the Dangerous Drugs Act if they are proven to cause hardcore addiction, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today. He said the ministry was studying a ...
NDF holds awareness camp on Drug Addiction
Kashmir Times
RAJOURI, July 6: National Development Foundation, NDF organized an awareness camp on Drug addiction under targeted intervention programme for Intravenous Drug users in collaboration with J&K State AIDS Prevention and Control Society at Sports ...
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Women and Alcohol Abuse
Why She Drinks: Women and Alcohol Abuse - WSJ.com: " . . . Today, wine is certainly in American kitchens. It's there for enjoyment, of course, but also as a respectable antidote to modern stress—especially for women. Some social scientists link the rise in female alcohol consumption to the changing role of women in society. Rick Grucza, an epidemiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who studies alcohol-use disorders, correlates women's drinking to the rise in female college attendance. Others suggest that many women continue unhealthy postcollege drinking patterns in male-dominated industries such as finance and technology. Still others find a link among women who step away from their careers to be at home. "The baby's crying, they're not getting paid, they're bored and anxious—and feel guilty that they're bored and anxious," says Mary Ellen Barnes, a psychologist in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., who treats many female heavy drinkers. Drinking several tall glasses of wine can make those feelings recede—at least for a few hours. . . ." (read more at link above)
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Cocaine Addiction May Be Different For Men and Women
Cocaine Addiction May Be Different For Men and Women
PsychCentral.com
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor A provocative new brain imaging study has lead researchers to suggest that cocaine addiction is different for men and women. Scientists from Yale School of Medicine believe the findings suggest men and women with ...
Addict smashed windows of store
Shields Gazette
A DRUG addict smashed the windows of a South Tyneside furniture store, causing thousands of pounds of damage. Karl Brooks, of Severn Drive, Jarrow, broke a glass panel at Beautiful Homes in King Street, South Shields, in the early hours of December 21.
Workshop on drug addict kids
Times of India
Child Line collaboration director NK Tah said, "In the past three years, more than 70 cases of drugaddiction in children between the age group of 5 and 18 years have been identified by Child Line and there are hundreds of unidentified cases.
Porn addiction remains problem for UA students
Arizona Daily Wildcat
What initially seems like a casual pastime can turn into an addiction, she said. To combat the problem, an addict might find something to replace the substance, just like a cigarette smoker might start chewing gum. However, the problem with Internet ...
"Addiction Is Doing Something You Don't Want to Do, Over and Over Again."
The L Magazine
by Amy Steele Mike Doughty founded the alternative band Soul Coughing in the 90s, recorded three albums, toured the world and became an addict. He made the choice to detox, join the 12-step-program, see a psychiatrist (he was diagnosed as bipolar) and...
The L Magazine
Confession of addict: Gambling starts at early age
Today's Zaman
A confession by a gambling addict reveals that gambling is very common among high school students and that the seeds for addiction are sown during high school or sometimes even during the primary school years. Many addicts of games of chance such as ...
Alcoholic father waits for liver transplant but his daughter won't stop drinking
AOL Lifestyle UK
By Jessica Laurence, Jan 31, 2012 Surely the best push to give up an unhealthy drinking habit would be if one of your parents was waiting for a liver transplant because of their alcoholism? Unfortunately that's not the case for Jodie Clark, ...
How to Help My Husband Out of Porn Addiction? (2)
Onislam.net
I got the answer from previous question: How to Help My Husband Out of Porn Addiction? And I already did all.The thing is he is more comfort about that and becomes like enemy when I say that. He still keeps saying it's my business and it's become ...
Prison for porn addict with child rape image
Cambridge News
A porn addict who downloaded more than 350 indecent images of children, including the rape of a toddler, has been jailed. Christopher Dunn had admitted two counts of making indecent photographs and another of possessing an indecent photograph in ...
Cambridge News
Addiction: Sex Matters
Medical Daily
Researchers found that although cocaine-dependent individuals were similar in showing greater activation in broad regions associated with addiction and motivation than the control group, patterns of activation between men and women were noticeably ...
Facing up to alcoholism in foreign land can help or hinder recovery
The Japan Times
"Although it can feel like an absolute hell to do so in a foreign environment, sometimes people with alcoholism find it's easy to avoid facing up to the truth of their addiction while still in their home countries. "In their own language and culture ...
Retiring foe of gaming addiction warns against online gambling
The Connecticut Mirror
Dannel P. Malloy for recommending that a portion of any revenue from new gaming initiatives be dedicated to fight gambling addiction. "The green light is on," Steinberg told the Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee during an information meeting, ...
Retired Brigadier General's Sobriety Offers Hope for Soldiers Says ...
SBWire (press release)
After having his right leg, right hand and part of his left heel mangled by stepping on a land mine in Vietnam, General Cherrie began drinking heavily, resulting in leading the life of, what he calls, a “functioning alcoholic”.
Kim Richards Rehab, Alcoholic Admission, Follows Boyfriend Split
LALATE
Tonight Richards reportedly tells viewers it she is an alcoholic. But that was not the only reason she checked into rehab, Bravo claimed in the final episode of season two. Kim Richards was set to enter rehab after the first season of RHOBH.
BAD SCRIPTS: Part 3, Pain fixes can lead to addiction
SCNow
“Lord let me come back a changed man,” Stacy Putnam prayed on a May 16, 2008 flight to Illinois where he was going for treatment just days after his crippling drug addiction was discovered by his wife and turned his life upside down.
Alcoholism in Japan: Information and Support [Lifelines] | Surviving ...
By Ashley Thompson
I'd like to refer to alcoholism in particular though for today, as my latest Lifelines column delves intoalcoholism in Japan, how it's perceived, how difficult or easy it can be for foreigners to deal with it in Japan, and treatment and support options.
Surviving in Japan: (without...
PsychCentral.com
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor A provocative new brain imaging study has lead researchers to suggest that cocaine addiction is different for men and women. Scientists from Yale School of Medicine believe the findings suggest men and women with ...
Addict smashed windows of store
Shields Gazette
A DRUG addict smashed the windows of a South Tyneside furniture store, causing thousands of pounds of damage. Karl Brooks, of Severn Drive, Jarrow, broke a glass panel at Beautiful Homes in King Street, South Shields, in the early hours of December 21.
Workshop on drug addict kids
Times of India
Child Line collaboration director NK Tah said, "In the past three years, more than 70 cases of drugaddiction in children between the age group of 5 and 18 years have been identified by Child Line and there are hundreds of unidentified cases.
Porn addiction remains problem for UA students
Arizona Daily Wildcat
What initially seems like a casual pastime can turn into an addiction, she said. To combat the problem, an addict might find something to replace the substance, just like a cigarette smoker might start chewing gum. However, the problem with Internet ...
"Addiction Is Doing Something You Don't Want to Do, Over and Over Again."
The L Magazine
by Amy Steele Mike Doughty founded the alternative band Soul Coughing in the 90s, recorded three albums, toured the world and became an addict. He made the choice to detox, join the 12-step-program, see a psychiatrist (he was diagnosed as bipolar) and...
The L Magazine
Confession of addict: Gambling starts at early age
Today's Zaman
A confession by a gambling addict reveals that gambling is very common among high school students and that the seeds for addiction are sown during high school or sometimes even during the primary school years. Many addicts of games of chance such as ...
Alcoholic father waits for liver transplant but his daughter won't stop drinking
AOL Lifestyle UK
By Jessica Laurence, Jan 31, 2012 Surely the best push to give up an unhealthy drinking habit would be if one of your parents was waiting for a liver transplant because of their alcoholism? Unfortunately that's not the case for Jodie Clark, ...
How to Help My Husband Out of Porn Addiction? (2)
Onislam.net
I got the answer from previous question: How to Help My Husband Out of Porn Addiction? And I already did all.The thing is he is more comfort about that and becomes like enemy when I say that. He still keeps saying it's my business and it's become ...
Prison for porn addict with child rape image
Cambridge News
A porn addict who downloaded more than 350 indecent images of children, including the rape of a toddler, has been jailed. Christopher Dunn had admitted two counts of making indecent photographs and another of possessing an indecent photograph in ...
Cambridge News
Addiction: Sex Matters
Medical Daily
Researchers found that although cocaine-dependent individuals were similar in showing greater activation in broad regions associated with addiction and motivation than the control group, patterns of activation between men and women were noticeably ...
Facing up to alcoholism in foreign land can help or hinder recovery
The Japan Times
"Although it can feel like an absolute hell to do so in a foreign environment, sometimes people with alcoholism find it's easy to avoid facing up to the truth of their addiction while still in their home countries. "In their own language and culture ...
Retiring foe of gaming addiction warns against online gambling
The Connecticut Mirror
Dannel P. Malloy for recommending that a portion of any revenue from new gaming initiatives be dedicated to fight gambling addiction. "The green light is on," Steinberg told the Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee during an information meeting, ...
Retired Brigadier General's Sobriety Offers Hope for Soldiers Says ...
SBWire (press release)
After having his right leg, right hand and part of his left heel mangled by stepping on a land mine in Vietnam, General Cherrie began drinking heavily, resulting in leading the life of, what he calls, a “functioning alcoholic”.
Kim Richards Rehab, Alcoholic Admission, Follows Boyfriend Split
LALATE
Tonight Richards reportedly tells viewers it she is an alcoholic. But that was not the only reason she checked into rehab, Bravo claimed in the final episode of season two. Kim Richards was set to enter rehab after the first season of RHOBH.
BAD SCRIPTS: Part 3, Pain fixes can lead to addiction
SCNow
“Lord let me come back a changed man,” Stacy Putnam prayed on a May 16, 2008 flight to Illinois where he was going for treatment just days after his crippling drug addiction was discovered by his wife and turned his life upside down.
Alcoholism in Japan: Information and Support [Lifelines] | Surviving ...
By Ashley Thompson
I'd like to refer to alcoholism in particular though for today, as my latest Lifelines column delves intoalcoholism in Japan, how it's perceived, how difficult or easy it can be for foreigners to deal with it in Japan, and treatment and support options.
Surviving in Japan: (without...
Porn addiction remains problem for students | UWIRE
By admin
What initially seems like a casual pastime can turn into an addiction, she said. To combat the problem, an addict might find something to replace the substance, just like a cigarette smoker might start chewing gum. However, the problem with ...
UWIRE
Addiction Inbox: Reward and Punish: Say Hello to Dopamine's ...
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. ... How does an addict's mind become so addled that the next hit takes precedence over the next meal? A group of Harvard-based researchers, writing in Nature, thinks it may have a handle on how the brain calculates reward expectations, and how those calculations go awry in the case of heavy ...
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