Addiction - Alcohol / Drugs
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D.C. residents rank as top cocaine, alcohol abusersThe District ranks highest in the country for cocaine use and alcohol dependence, and has the third-highest percentage of marijuana usage, according to a new study. Read More... |
Hawaii near top for alcohol abuse
Honolulu Star-BulletinHawaii has one of the nation's highest rates of alcohol addiction but ranks as the state with the least drug dependence, according to a federal government survey released yesterday.
Amy must beat "alcohol demon": Mother
Hindustan TimesCOMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Amy Winehouse's mother says alcohol is "another demon" the singer must beat. Janis Winehouse claims her 25-year-old daughter started drinking to fill the time while on an extended break in St. Lucia, adding Amy is feeling lonely.
Accessibility of Rx Drugs
KAMR AmarilloMany kids say they can get any prescription drug they might want. Joseph Caspar, 17, says he could get “vicodin, morphine, anything like that.” Patti Strickland says she could even get methadone.
Brain protein might get you hooked on drugs, alcohol
New KeralaWashington, May 29 : A brain protein can practically hook you on to drugs and alcohol by hijacking the normal functioning of its reward circuitry.
Amy's dad worried about her addiction
The Times of IndiaTroubled British singer Amy Winehouse's father Mitch is proud of her for having kicked her drug addiction, but fears she is still struggling with her alcohol dependency.
Report: Addiction costs Illinois taxpayers millions
KSDK St. LouisReport: Addiction costs Illinois taxpayers millions
May 4-10, 2009 Is Mental Health Week - Illness And Addiction: Common Causes Could Lead To Common Treatment
Medical News TodayCurrent CIHR-funded research: Dr. Usoa Busto at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto is investigating why so many people with mood disorders are also addicted to alcohol, nicotine, or gambling. Busto's team has found that people with mental illnesses and a nicotine addiction may have lower than normal levels of dopamine, an important neurotransmitter in the brain.
Narconon Drug Rehab Centre Crosses Continents To Address UK Ethnic Addiction Crisis
PRWeb via Yahoo! NewsNarconon Nepal rehab director flies to UK to lecture the Gurkha community to help reduce rising youthful drug abuse
Report: Government Spent $468-Billion On Health Care For Abusers
KOLR - KSFX OzarksIn 2005, taxpayers in the U.S. paid nearly $468-billion for the health care of people who smoked, abused drugs and consumed too much alcohol. That's the bottom line in a report released today by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.
Cancer drugs erlotinib and gefitinib might treat alcoholism
News-Medical-NetA class of drugs already approved as cancer treatments might also help to beat alcohol addiction. That's the conclusion of a discovery in flies of a gene, dubbed happyhour, that has an important and previously unknown role in controlling the insects' response to alcohol.