Cocaine Vaccine Can Stop Addiction

A british pharmaceutical company, Xenova, has developed a vaccine that could help cocaine addicts break their addiction. The vaccine, TA-CD, blocks the body from absorbing cocaine into the brain, and therefore does not produce a high. The scientists who developed the vaccine...

Lady Gaga admits to cocaine addiction! Now she's clean!

Celebrities are usually drug addicts, we all know that. But Lady Gaga has confessed that she's cocaine addict and now she's clean. The reasoning for her addiction was because she sunk so low that she would die, but...

Confessions of a running addict

" t appears I'm in denial. There I was, smug at how much running I do, gloating that Government diktats on healthy living don't apply to me. But apparently I'm no better than a heroin addict. Scientists...

China Internet addict beaten to death in rehab

A sixteen-year-old Chiness teen, Deng Senshan was beaten to death during a treatment for internet addiction.  Three supervisors, who allegedly beat the boy were arrested, and the case is still under...

Modern Human = Addicted to Change

Modern Human = Addicted to Changesg micheal, 08/MAR/2009Our media bombards us hourly: buy buy buy. There is no escape. We can try to 'turn it off' but it finds us: it's insidious. It's relentless. Instead of 'advertisement', we should call it 'the borg'.It is not just "buy...

Stabbed 177 Times, Guilty Party Claims - "Not my cup of tea"

The last couple of months has seen a rash of stabbings both in the U.S., and the U.K.  This particular method of killing people, seems to have become the 'crime du jour'. The story that I'm focusing on today,...

Randolph Cook, Oprah's ex-boyfriend reveals cocaine addiction

Oprah's ex-boyfriend, Randolph Cook, has revealed in his book 'The Wizard of O: My Life with Oprah', that she had a cocaine addiction in the 80s. Cook is dying from esophageal cancer, and says that during his 6...

Should detox clinics have to be smoke-free?

Canadian drug treatment centres and mental health facilities have typically held the view that patients trying to wean themselves off hard drugs shouldn't try to quit smoking at the same time. The cultural shift...

Law-abiding mum told she's a junkie

"A mother mistakenly branded a ­violent junkie must have her fingerprints checked against every unsolved crime in Britain to clear her name. Amanda Hodgson had a routine crim­inal record check for a job looking after youngsters during breaktimes at her children's school....

New York may legalize marijuana within the month

The New York state legislature will decide later this month whether to legalize medicinal marijuana. The bill seems to have gained a lot of momentum, and if it passes, New York will be the 13th state to legalize...

BILL MURRAY'S WIFE: HE'S A SEX ADDICT

" Bill Murray's wife wants a divorce because of his "adultery, addiction to marijuana and alcohol, abusive behavior, physical abuse, sexual addictions and frequent abandonment," according to a report on papers...

Knut the polar bear 'addicted to fame'

I fear it was only a matter of time. Now the infamous polar bear of Berlin Zoo is following in Britney Spears' footsteps and is apparently finding it hard to deal with the pressures of fame.  "Knut has turned...

What happens to families when Dad is a sex addict?

" What happens to families when Dad is a sex addict? by Book Maven | March 19, 2008 at 05:36 pm | 174 views | add comment What happens to families when Dad is a sex addict? by Book Maven19 hrs ago | 16 views What happens to families when Dad...

Should Internet Addiction Be Treated As A Mental Illness?

Our relationships to technology are becoming increasingly complex. And there's a reason why terms like "Crackberry" and "heroinware" have become an accepted part of our vernacular -- we are becoming net...

Ex-Crystal Meth Addict Successfully Sues Dealer

What a precedent this sets. This saskatchewan woman fell into a coma for 11 days after smoking crystal meth. When the justice system failed her, she launched a lawsuit against her dealer - and won."A Saskatchewan...

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