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...
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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...
" 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...
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 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...
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,...
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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...
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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...
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"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....
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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...
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" 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...
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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...
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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?
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What happens to families when Dad...
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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...
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...