Addiction News

• Opioid dependence found to permanently change brains of rats
  
  Approximately one-quarter of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, with five to 10 percent developing an opioid use disorder or addiction. ...
  Science Daily.  Friday, 24 Jan 2020.
• Early life adversity and opioid addiction
  
  Individuals with a history of early life adversity (ELA) are disproportionately prone to opioid addiction. A new study reveals why. ...
  Science Daily.  Friday, 24 Jan 2020.
• Jessica Simpson Reveals Details Of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Addiction Struggle In New Memoir
  
  'I was the victim but somehow I felt in the wrong'
  Daily Caller.  Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020.
• Jessica Simpson Admits Addiction to Pills, Alcohol
  
  For years Jessica Simpson has harbored a dark secret she was too afraid to speak about. Now she is finally opening up about her history of sexual abuse and addiction. ...
  Newsmax.  Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020.
• Jessica Simpson reveals past sexual abuse and addiction issues in tell-all memoir
  
  Jessica Simpson couldn't have picked a better titled for her upcoming memoir "Open Book."
  Fox News.  Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020.
• These weird Google apps transform your phone to help curb your addiction
  
  Google has launched three new apps - Activity Bubbles, Envelope, and Screen Stopwatch - all of which are designed to reduce your screen time.A couple years
  Pocket Lint.  Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020.
• 'Offline chair' that blocks internet access promises to help smartphone addicts get back to reality
  
  The chair is the brainchild of 28-year-old Polish designer Agata Nowak, who hopes that interest in the seat will increase as people grow more aware of internet addiction.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 20 Jan 2020.
• Mother prescribed painkillers after a miscarriage became so addicted she faked identity to get drugs
  
  Maggie Woods, 49, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, lost her job and family home and her children stopped going to school when her addiction was at its worst. Her late brother was also a drug addict.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 20 Jan 2020.
• That Instagram habit might not be making your teen depressed after all - CNET
  
  New research suggests parents can chill a little about how screen addiction is affecting their teen's mental health.
  CNET.  Sunday, 19 Jan 2020.
• Acclaimed scientist gets brain surgery for alcohol addiction
  
  Microbiologist Frank Plummer say he's found relief from alcohol abuse disorder after the procedure.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 19 Jan 2020.
• Time To Ban Kid-Friendly Flavors For E-Cigarettes
  
  All these candy-like flavors need to be banned. There is no public health justification for allowing companies to hook adolescents on their addictive products.
  Forbes.  Tuesday, 14 Jan 2020.
• Birmingham Reveals Radical Ghent-Style Plan To Cut Car Addiction
  
  Car-besotted Birmingham wants to reduce the number of car journeys in the city.
  Forbes.  Monday, 13 Jan 2020.
• The Kratom Debate: Helpful Herb Or Dangerous Drug?
  
  Some people struggling with opioid addiction who switched to kratom swear the herb salvaged their lives. But federal agencies and the brother of a man who died from his kratom use warn of its risks.
  NPR.  Monday, 13 Jan 2020.
• Dr. Drew Considers Challenging Adam Schiff in Congressional Run
  
  Dr. Drew Pinsky is considering a congressional run and although entering the political sphere would turn his life "upside down," the celebrity doctor and addiction specialist is willing to take the chance to challenge Rep. ...
  Newsmax.  Thursday, 9 Jan 2020.
• Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club
  
  A group of women gathered at a coffee shop outside Seattle to discuss a book about Christian living, but soon discovered that they shared something else: addiction in their families.
  NPR.  Thursday, 9 Jan 2020.

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