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The dark side of acetaminophen
Acetaminophen is often used in suicides — nearly 300 between 2000 and 2009, according to a Statistics Canada database — but a Star investigation has found that Canadians are also dying by accident. How many? This question was impossible to accurately …
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Alcohol-exposed babies: Why prevention is not as easy as 'just don't drink'
Diagnosed with FASD, my Alaska teenagers put faces on many of the statistics journalists and lawmakers are quick to invoke. And they are an … They are at very high risk for drug and alcohol addiction, victimization, incarceration. But these are not …
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From care to where? Left to pick up his own pieces
And that can be a death knell for someone like Rufus, whose life, despite his success at school, was off track in other ways: He started working as a boy prostitute at age 14; his dependency on alcohol turned to drugs; he was diagnosed with depression …
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Helpline in Hobe Sound Aids in Substance Abuse Recovery
LIGHTNING RELEASES 02-21-14 – When a teenager falls victim to a drug or alcohol addiction, it affects the entire family. One of the biggest problems facing families in Hobe Sound, FL is teenage substance abuse. Countless young people live with the …
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Question by Skull Boy: Does anyone know of any free drug/alcohol rehabs in So Cal?
I have a nephew that has a really bad alcohol and speed addiction. He’s been in the emergency room several times over the past two years and almost died the last time. He needs to go a rehab center, but the family can’t afford it. Does anyone know of any free rehab centers in So Cal? He lives in Victorville CA, but will travel if needed. It needs to be a place where he can stay. Out patient won’t work for him I’m afraid.

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Binge Drinking: How much is too much? – In an effort to deter growing levels of binge-drinking in the UK, the government is proposing the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol. But its implem…

Nek-no-minate: binge drinking craze spawns offshoots – video
The fad has been condemned as "highly dangerous" and "potentially lethal" as it encourages chain binge drinking. After the first person posts footage of themselves drinking, they nominate a friend to follow suit. Those nominated are supposed to …
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Mr Selfridge's Alfie Boe confesses to battling alcohol addiction
With a UK tour and a starring role in ITV's hit drama Mr Selfridge, Royal favourite Alfie Boe might be expected to raise a glass or two to his success. Instead he'll celebrate with a cup of hot chocolate as he fights a daily battle to stop binge drinking.
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Question by yellowhummin217: “Gambling addiction” – A bunch of bunk?
To me, an “addiction” to gambling seems like a lame excuse for blowing one’s money away. I can see somebody being addicted to alcohol or smoking because it has physical effects on the body, but gambling…?

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Answer by Kathryn R
Gambling has the same physical effects on the body almost that drinking or smoking has. I’m not talking about the effects on the liver or other secondary organs I’m talking about the most important organ in your body. Your brain, gambling works on the same chemicals that make you feel good that drinking and smoking or that drugs do. You’re not understanding the stimulus that one can get from things out side of ones’ self. When you look at a great piece of Art or a beautiful sun set and you feel good, that feeling starts from the outside and causes an increase in serotonin which is the feel good chemical in your brain. Gambling does the same thing. You don’t have to take something inside of your body for it to affect you.    Read more...

Pot Fuels Surge in Drugged Driving Deaths
She thinks legal marijuana in Colorado, where she works, is making the problem of drugged driving worse — and now new research supports her claim. "Nobody hides it anymore when driving," … Those authors theorized pot, for some, becomes a substitute …
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