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Are Doctors Over-Prescribing Medications?
Are doctors over-prescribing medications to patients these days? If so then why are patients being prescribed drugs they don’t need? Could it be because doctors are doing this for profit or are they simply being too liberal with medications? According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse prescriptions have increased by six times between 1991 and 2010. Alongside this, the number of overdoses from prescription drugs has tripled since 1999. In 2008 antipsychotic medications became … Read entire article »
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Fake IDs Enabling Underage Drinking
You used to have to walk downtown to a questionable neighborhood. Sometimes a friend’s older sister gave you hers. Or maybe you knew someone who knew someone that made them right out of their house. Fake IDs are no longer that difficult to come by. Our internet culture has opened up new avenues for drug use and illegal activity for anyone from the privacy of your own home. Fake ID websites are an easy alternative … Read entire article »
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You Have A Choice…..Don’t Drink and Drive
According to a Medical News Today article the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report supporting research done during a CDC Vital Signs study revealing that in 2010 alone approximately 112 million people drove under the influence of alcohol; that is nearly 300,000 drunk-drivers each day! You may not have control over your alcohol intake…however you can choose whether to get behind the wheel after consuming an alcoholic beverage. On more than one … Read entire article »
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Has the Media Caused Societies View on Alcoholism to Change?
Recently the Los Angeles Times posted an article explaining that alcoholism has increased in the last 60 years. The article says that people in North America born after World War II are more prone to have drinking problems. While the numbers may prove this point, could it also be a result of America’s more modern acceptance of addiction? Alcohol has been beloved as a spiritual, medicinal and social lubricant for centuries. Many of our favorite … Read entire article »
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Can Caffeine Consumption be Linked to Stimulant Drug Addiction?
Adolescents drink infused beverages almost every day in the form of coffee, energy drinks and soft drinks. A new study shows that caffeine consumption in students could predict a future risk to cocaine and amphetamine abuse. Stacy Sigmon of the University of Vermont College of Medicine and co-author Roland Griffiths of the John Hopkins University School of Medicine carried out this new study. Their study started by identifying participants as either caffeine ‘choosers’ or caffeine … Read entire article »
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Compulsive Computer Usage; Is it a Real Addiction?
What really is cause for something being labeled an addiction and what is the actual criterion for certain behaviors to fit into the definition of an unhealthy habitual action? As human beings it seems that almost anything can become an unhealthy action to a degree, anything consumed or done in extreme over and over again can transfer into an obsession and thus has the ability to cut us off from reality as well as … Read entire article »
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Mayor Blames Alcoholism for Erratic Behavior
There is no doubt that alcoholism is a disease, but should this classification of a disease protect a city mayor from the ramifications of his irresponsibility? According to an article in the Sheboygan Press this is exactly the question that has been raised in the case of the Mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Bob Ryan. In late July, Bob Ryan went on a 3 day bender in Elkhart Lake that resulted in Ryan allegedly making inappropriate … Read entire article »
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The Truth About Narconon
Narconon is a controversial drug treatment program which claims a presence in 45 countries.[1]This “treatment” program is closely tied with the Church of Scientology and its ideals. The initial program utilized for addicts entering treatment at Narconon is a drug-free withdrawal. This assesses physical drug addiction without the use of medication. Addicts are simply provided with high doses of vitamins and “assists”, which is a spiritual healing method. The withdrawal process also uses long sauna … Read entire article »
Your Addiction to Tanning could be Related to Alcoholism
Daily, new and curious addictive behaviors seem to be cropping up….people are manifesting signs of strange and addictive actions in many forms. Addiction can play out in several ways and tanning addiction is just one of the many addictive practices coming to light. In 2005, a published study conducted by a group of dermatologists suggested that frequent tanners can undergo a loss of control concerning their tanning schedules, as well as display patterns … Read entire article »
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Can Facebook Detect Warning Signs of Alcoholism?
Recently Time posted an article about using social networking as a tool to detect a person’s potential alcohol abuse. Studies concluded that underage college students posting about liquor consumption are more likely to be drinking excessively than those that do not post about alcohol. The data was gathered from 307 students from two different universities. Researchers scanned the Facebook profile’s photo uploads depicting drinking as well as status updates about drinking or being hung-over. These … Read entire article »
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