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The Ten Most Addictive Drugs in the World
Dutch scientists conducted a study recently in order to determine what drugs are the most addictive and why. The researchers used their findings to generate a “dependency rating” for each drug. Those with the highest dependency rating are considered the most expensive. The drugs were rated on a precise scale of 0 to 3. In real life, there are many factors that contribute to the likelihood that you will become addicted to drugs, such as your … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Alcohol and Drugs, Recovery, Substance Abuse
The Global Epidemic of Addiction
It can be easy to live in a bubble and think that the addiction problems that we see so often are confined to the Americas. Factually, this is not true – addiction is a global crisis. Whether someone is suffering from an addiction to heroin or methamphetamine, or drinks far too much, there are countries where the statistics are staggering. All in all, if you’re an addict, you may do well to avoid some of these … Read entire article »
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Jack Osbourne Celebrates 10 Years of Sobriety
Jack Osbourne, 27, has an entire decade out from the dark side, celebrating ten years of sobriety on April 21, 2013. The son of Black Sabbath rocker, Ozzy Osbourne, Jack is not the only Osbourne who has struggled with addiction. On April 15, his father Ozzy admitted on his Facebook page, “For the last year and a half I have been drinking and taking drugs. I was in a very dark place and was an asshole … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Celebrity, Recovery, Substance Abuse
Cocaine Addiction’s On/Off Switch
A new study shows that stimulation of the prefrontal cortex (an area of the brain involved in impulse control and decision making) of rats reduces cravings and compulsive cocaine-seeking behavior. Scientists at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) – performed this groundbreaking study. “This is the first study to show a cause-and-effect relationship … Read entire article »
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Lindsay Lohan: Good Luck in Rehab
Our culture has more than its fair share of troubled starlets. From Glee‘s Cory Monteith to the infamous Lindsay Lohan, drugs, alcohol, and the legal problems related to both are as much a part of our country’s entertainment world as they are a part of the justice system. Lohan’s escapades are entertaining to some, annoying to others, but they are undoubtedly signaling that this once admired celebrity is in desperate need of a wake-up call. Even … Read entire article »
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Is Treatment for Drug Addiction on the New Pope’s Agenda?
After 2000 years of Papal history, the Catholic Church’s new spiritual leader Pope Francis has become the first pontiff from outside Europe. A humble and studious man, Francis stands as a clear indication that the church is expanding its horizons and potentially opening up to more modern views on the world and its problems. The so-called “drug war” that is now going on in Latin America is one of the world’s biggest problems. Drugs claim millions … Read entire article »
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The Requiems That Made Me See My Life Wasn’t a Dream
Movies and music have regularly been an influential part of my life, from my current mood to how I would dress or act for any given amount of time. I would not have ever thought that music or a film would have made me see that I had a serious drug problem, but, in fact, they were the only things that got through to me. My walls of denial were so thick that I couldn’t … Read entire article »
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Shia LaBeaouf: It’s Time to Find a Better Way to Prep for Work
In every field of work, there are different ways of preparing for a long day’s work. With acting, every actor has his own methods of getting themselves ready for each new role. Not to say that one method is better than another, but to play a drug addict, I don’t think it’s necessarily a good idea to go out and play with fire by messing around with drugs. Shia LaBeaouf, on the other hand, seems to have thought that was an excellent idea, because that was his exact way of preparing for the role of a drug addict. Not only that, he videotaped an acid trip, and then sent it to his co-star. Flirting with danger is rarely a good idea, especially when you’re delving into the dark mind of an … Read entire article »
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Flushed Drugs Getting Fish High
Imagine fish, aggressively swimming, and hyper, anti-social-even getting the munchies. It sounds comical, almost made up; unfortunately, it’s not. This is the all too real effect of pharmaceutical waste that ends up in the water, effectively getting fish high and removing the natural balance of wildlife society in the same way that drugs remove the natural balance of human society. These drugs, particularly an anti-anxiety medication called Oxazepam, gets into the water multiple ways but … Read entire article »
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New Study Challenges Effectiveness of “Talk Therapy” Among Heroin Junkies Already on Medication
The American Journal of Medicine has published a new study which finds that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (or CBT) in not effective when treating opioid dependence. The study, which was conducted by seven researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, says that when treating patients diagnosed with opioid addiction, CBT does not offer additional benefits when the patient is already on medication. The study assessed patients who were currently being treated with drugs such as buprenorphine, which … Read entire article »
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