In Addiction News: March 26th, 2013
'Friday Night Lights' author in rehab, admits $587K shopping addiction [Today.com] Research Provides Clues to Alcohol Addiction Vulnerability [Science Daily] Video game addiction and other Internet compulsive disorders mask depression, anxiety, learning disabilities [NY Daily News] Medical Marijuana Goes Even... Learn MoreIn Addiction News: March 22nd, 2013
Smoking Pot May Lead to Nicotine Addiction [Yahoo! News] Some Patients Can Control H.I.V. After Stopping Treatment [New York Times] Legal drugs might represent a quick fix but dependency proves hard to swallow [The Age] Assemblyman Is Charged With Marijuana... Learn MoreIn Addiction News: March 21st, 2013
'America's Longest War': New Film Documents Damage Done By America's War On Drugs [Huffington Post] Washington state names "pot czar" after legalizing marijuana [ Yahoo! News] Marijuana Vending Machines Popping Up At California Pot Clubs [ CBS San Francisco] Police... Learn MoreIn The News: 2 students feed Marijuana Brownies to Professor and Classmates
I’ve heard my fair share of bizarre drug related news but here’s another one to add to my list. It seems like the marijuana-fever in Colorado is not dying down anytime soon. Two University of Colorado students, Thomas Ricardo Cunningham,... Learn MoreIn The News: 7 Year Old Taking Marijuana to Fight Effects of Chemo
MyKayla Comstock is 7 years old and undergoing chemotherapy for her Leukemia. She’s also one of Oregon’s youngest medical marijuana patients taking up to a gram of cannabis oil a day to combat feelings of insomnia and a lack of... Learn MoreIn The News: Ottawa Fighting a Teen Fentanyl Drug Problem
What is Fentanyl? Fentanyl is a powerful opiate analgesic similar to but definitely more potent than morphine. In fact, fentanyl is about 75% more potent than morphine and dispersed in micrograms not even milligrams. Fentanyl is usually given to patients... Learn MoreIn The News: School Nurse arrested for stealing student’s ADHD medication
In The News: School Nurse arrested for stealing student’s ADHD medication A Dallas elementary school nurse Rebecca Baily-Long is on paid administrative leave after allegedly stealing prescription ADHD medication from a student and replacing it with pain medication. Bailey-Long is... Learn MoreIn The News: Marijuana may cause testicular cancer in young men
Hey dude, where’s my balls?! Do I have your attention? Good. That’s what some young men might ask themselves in the near future if they keep smoking marijuana recreationally. Scientists at the University of Southern California say they've detected a... Learn MoreIn The News: Alcohol Abuse Increases After Weight Loss Surgery
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a new study about weight-loss surgery and the risk of those patients developing a drinking problem. The study examined about 2,000 obese adults before and after weight loss surgery. The study specifically... Learn More
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