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...
created by Annina Bergman | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 53 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
There are literally countless well known, even well loved celebrities, who are very much in the public eye, who have undergone an alcohol rehab program. While some have managed to kick the habit successfully with their alcohol addiction rehab, others have gone on to relapse,...
" If you have to take a quick break from reading this article to check your Blackberry, send a text or reboot your Xbox 360 before you reach the end of this paragraph, then the good news is that help is at...
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...
Can your Doctor differentiate between you as a patient being unhappy through circumstances as to your life events from physical degradation of your mind; from chemical imbalance caused by reactions by other medications, from chemicals in foods/beverages, from chemicals in the...
created by Professor | 33 wks ago 340 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Video games and addiction seem to be the buzzwords of late 2008 and early 2009 ; with an abundance of news stories plastered online and offline. The real question is, should excessive gaming be legally considered an addiction like gambling and alcoholism? To start, the...
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Wow! It appears some Doctors seem to be so unclear on the concept of the meaning of the term "Disease"! I have so many problems with this Leftard Crap by these Medical Wonks! The...
A jury in Florida ruled earlier today that a man who died of lung cancer in 1997 at the age of 55, died from his addiction to cigarettes - this could be a major setback for the cigarette company Philip Morris as this...
created by Amy Judd | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago 127 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
At Contentions, Bill Siegel has an excellent analysis in which he compares the 'Palestinians' to alcoholics or drug addicts. The entire concept of a “peace process” is, perhaps, the enabler’s most seductive tool. Peace does not require a process. When peace or the...
created by djsblack | 44 wks ago 84 views | 13 recommendations | 5 comments
According to Miller-McCune magazine, Vancouver, BC, is the only city in North America with the political will to at least study alternative approaches to dealing with the seemingly intractible social issues of...
The following was written by Dr Bruce Alexander and presented as a keynote address to a meeting of the Four Pillars Coalition on 3 October 2008 at the Segal Centre in Vancouver. It is a response to a series of...
created by laniwurm | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1012 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
Judge Joseph E. Spruill Jr. of Fredericksburg, VA. sentenced a 23 year old man to over a century behind bars! Spruill sentenced Kiser to 120 years for robbing a pharmacy of prescription medication. Kiser was...
created by Krys24k | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 550 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
What makes human beings happy? In an effort to give more insight to the question, studies have been done to measure the levels of activities of happy and unhappy people. So far, they've found that unhappy folks...
created by jessica.lam | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 344 views | 6 recommendations | 4 comments