October 2010

Online addiction no game, experts warn

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On a message board for online gaming addicts, the story of a young Jacksonville mother who admitted to killing her baby after he interrupted her computer game drew horror, skepticism, and in some cases, understanding. “It is exactly like a drug addiction,” one reader said.

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Local Woman Speaks On Fighting Drug Addiction

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A local woman spoke about her own experience fighting an addiction to prescription drugs.

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Will the Government commit to addiction treatment

More info…Labour Associate Health spokesperson has welcomed the Law Commissions review of the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1996 initiated in response to the previous Labour Governments reviews of drug and alcohol legislation. crack cocaine addiction

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Alkermes advances another addiction drug

More info…Alkermes Inc. has announced positive results from an early stage clinical trial testing the efficacy of its drug candidate ALKS 33 in treating cocaine addiction, which has attracted a $2.4 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Grants. heroin addiction

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Titan’s Implanted Addiction-Drug Device Works Better Than Placebo in Study

More info…Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. s implanted drug-delivery device helped people fight addiction to heroin and prescription painkillers better than a placebo, a company-funded study found. heroin addiction

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Is Marijuana Addictive? It Depends on Defining ‘Addiction’

More info…Does marijuana cause addiction? As Californians prepare to vote on Prop 19 — which would legalize recreational use of the drug, at least under state law — the question is more pertinent than ever cocaine addiction

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