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Drug Addiction: The consequences of drug addiction & The need for drug rehab treatment – Transworld News
For many individuals, the consequences of drug addiction go beyond the emotional, physical, and psychological dimensions of the human structure. Not only does it negatively impact these aspects, there is also the possibility that a person will suffer …
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Drug Addiction: Twenty-four-hour pornography addiction helpline launches – College News
Although there are plenty of rehab centers and counseling services dedicated to those with alcohol, drug, even sex addictions, HelpAddictions.org is Britain’s first 24-hour counseling service for the U.K’s estimated 1.2 million adult pornography …
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     St. Louis, Mo—The author, Brian Irons wrote a book on drug use and abuse. The book is titled, “I Did Not Know”. The I Did Not Know story explains how and why drugs destroyed Brian Irons athletic dream. This book on drug abuse will show people who have dreams, that they should never participate in drug use. People need to follow their dreams; not be influenced by drugs.

People must continually stay focused, if they want to see dreams and goals fulfilled. It only takes to make one bad decision, to see your life going into the wrong direction.

Marijuana was my first drug of choice. Most of today’s drug addicts; their first drug of choice was marijuana. When I first started using drugs, that’s when I lost focused on my dream. Then, perhaps, a few years later, I began experimenting with other drugs. Throughout the years, my brain became familiar with Heroin, Cocaine, Dippers/PCP, Premo, Valiums, Tylenol 3 and 4, Codeine Pills, Syrup, Hard Liquor, Beer, and only God knows what else.    Read more...

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In the twenty first century, almost every youngster is an extrovert and wants to live life on his own whether or not they are capable of understanding the goods and the bads. Drug addiction is one of the habits that are popular among younger generation and the intake of drugs is very regular. Drug is actually illegal, yet is the second most common thing used in the world. Drug is the only thing that destroys a person to the point of losing their home, family and friends. Drug addiction is the powerful force in lacking the power to perform and also gives untreated mental and physical pain.

For a drug addicted person the brain chemistry is actually altered to the point where the unavailability of drug becomes extremely uncomfortable and painful. This compelling force to use addiction become more and more powerful, and also interferes in someone else’s work, relationships, and health. Wrongly used prescribed drug is just as dangerous as regular drug use.    Read more...

Drug Addiction: Insight into why some people develop drug addiction – News-Medical.Net
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified abnormal brain structures in the frontal lobe of cocaine users’ brains which are linked to their compulsive cocaine-using behaviour. Their findings were published today, 21 June, in the journal …
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Drug Addiction: Drug addicts targeting hikers’ cars – News.com.au
Eight cars were broken into in the Athelstone area during the first two weeks of June, the East Torrens Messenger reports. Eastern Adelaide Crime Prevention Section acting manager Peter Winter said car breakins had spiked at Montacute, Maryvale, Gorge and …
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Drug Addiction: Doc probes brain to understand addiction – Boston Herald
To Krantz, this disturbing image is proof that “addiction is a brain disease,” a controversial theory that she is championing. “Some people can’t stop using drugs, because they don’t have impulse control,” she explained over the weekend at the …
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Drug Addiction: Expert advises youths against drug abuse – NEXT
According to her, most hard drugs alter the way the mind and the brain work and incite paranoid habits and the continuous usage of such could lead to addiction. Ms Adejumo said the state government, in collaboration with other agencies, had embarked on …
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Drug Addiction: Sir Richard Branson: Time to start helping drug addicts instead of jailing them – Daily Mirror
BEFORE joining the Global Commission On Drugs I felt, as many Mirror readers do, that since drugs are dangerous it was best for society to punish anyone who used them. Now having spent 18 months with commissioners Kofi Annan, George Schultz, Paul Volker …
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Drug Addiction: Hazy logic – yorkshirepost
A MISGUIDED drugs policy harms more than just the users themselves. If more people succumb to addiction then it wrecks their own lives, imposes a greater burden on the stretched courts service and the NHS and puts more of the innocent at risk from drug …
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Drug Addiction: Yoga, Acupuncture and Alternative Therapies Complement Drug Rehab Treatment at … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Yoga, Acupuncture and Alternative Therapies Complement Drug Rehab Treatment at … San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The Camp Recovery Center's medical director is opening up a new range of treatment options for men and women suffering from drug or alcohol addiction. Amy Solomon, MD, is a board certified family physician with more than 10 years of experience … and more »

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Drug Addiction: Is It Unfair To Use Cash To Motivate Patients For Health Goals?
Members of the UK and US public disapprove of using cash incentives to spark changes in health behaviours among patients, deeming these methods to be unfair, reveals research published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Financial incentives are increasingly being used to encourage patients to stick to drug abstinence, weight loss, and smoking cessation programmes, despite mixed or limited …
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