Post 9/11: What is NATO doing in Afghanistan?

The world is remembering the eight anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, which killed nearly 3,000 people, but tens of thousands of others now mourn the deaths of those who unvoluntarily paid...

Time to Quit Smoking: Menthol Cigarettes Are More Addictive

Researchers have found that menthol cigarettes are harder to give up than regular cigarettes, especially for African Americans and Latino smokers. " “We previously found that menthol cigarette smokers take in...

'Survivor' Is Most Addictive Show On Television

Are you a "Survivor" junkie? You're not alone. The reality show has been named the most addictive show on television in a recent study measuring the "Emotional Attachment Index (EAI)" of North Americans'...

Abuse, drugs haunt street kids

This is a reality life, i witness those children sniff a glue and many of them smoking. I hope UNICEF pay attention on this issue and take this issue into account." More than half of the street children living...

No, Seriously: Hooked on Gadgets

Two researchers ae conducting a study on levels of tech addiciton: how things like crack- er, Blackberries, email, instant messenger, and the like afffect our non-work lives. Nada Kakabadse and Susan Bailey, who...

BlackBerry service out in N. America

In case you missed the news alert on your BlackBerry..." NEW YORK - A major service outage afflicted users of the popular, addictive BlackBerry smart phones across the United States and...

Indonesian intravenous drug users total 248,000

"Mboi said the problem became worse because they did not care about the danger of being infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. The Ministry of Health`s survey results in 2002 indicated that they did not care about the threat of infection with the virus and most of them said they...

Canada high on ecstasy

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIt would certainly be nice if Canada were known for other things besides BC Bud,  Canada's Meth Mecca,  Nanny State, Crime Haven for Criminals, and now ...

Are cellphones and the internet rewiring our brains?

"Try reading this article to the end without checking e-mail. Probably can't? Before making assumptions of addictive behaviour, you should know there's a positive side to switching tasks often. You may actually be...

Man who recorded own meth addiction dies

A former trucker whose documentary chronicled an agonizing descent as methamphetamine ravaged his body has died, optimistic to the end that his story would keep others from the highly addictive stimulant. "He was extremely satisfied, wanting to do more in getting the word out...

METH Inc.: The route to Minnesota

"He was a point man for a shadowy, cunning cartel in Mexico that federal authorities say now dominates the illicit meth trade besieging Minnesota and the Midwest."

gays & methamphetamine

There appears to be a trend that links gay men and methamphetamine.

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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