Articles By: Drug Addiction

Video: Equine Therapy in Addiction Treatment

CBS News story on the use of equine  therapy in addiction treatment. Interview with Dr. David Sack, addiction psychiatrist and CEO of Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu, California. Interviews with participants in this cutting-edge treatment option for the addiction. If you can see this, then you...
July 26th, 2010 | Addiction in the Media | Read More

Little Progress Has Been Made to Curb Drinking Among College Students

College drinking has been an increasing problem over the last few years, and many public health organizations have made recommendations for steps colleges and college communities can take to help curb problematic drinking. However, a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public...
July 26th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

Using Behavioral Economics to Understand Cravings in Drug Addiction

Cravings are a difficult aspect of drug addiction to measure. They are subjective, tricky to define, and mystifying in their source and how they often dominate decisions of the will. Researchers know that craving is an important component of drug addiction, but the lack of tools to measure it have kept...
July 22nd, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

Drug Addiction Drives Increase in Break-Ins in Boston

Drug addiction can have a significant impact on the user, as well as those around him. Loved ones will often struggle to watch the abuser destroy his body and his life. It is not increasingly the case where loved ones will also watch him turn to a life of crime.
July 21st, 2010 | Research & News | Read More

How Would the Legalization of Marijuana Impact California?

The idea of legalizing marijuana has been argued for years and many believed it was simply the rights of the “pot-heads” at stake. In truth, authorities are looking at a much bigger issue, one that involves the violence spilling over from Mexico and the constant, losing battle between users and the...
July 19th, 2010 | Marijuana Addiction | Read More

Anti-Anxiety Medications Have Addictive Nature

Anxiety is a familiar feeling for thousands of people on a daily basis, ranging in severity from mildly uncomfortable to life-debilitating. Though not a commonly known term to the lay public, anti-anxiety medications and drugs to help treat panic disorder are also called anxiolytic drugs. These medications...
July 19th, 2010 | Prescription Drug Addiction | Read More

One-Pot Meth Labs Increasing in Oklahoma

There are poisoning rumors in Oklahoma and the culprit appears to be meth labs that have developed a new way to cook the drug. According to a News OK report, the “one-pot” or “shake and bake” process of meth production is gaining popularity, even as deaths continue to increase.
July 15th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Study Finds Smoking More Psychological than Physical Addiction

A new study suggests that cravings for cigarettes have more to do with social and psychological cues than actually being deprived of an addictive substance. This finding could lead to better methods of treating nicotine addiction, as more focus needs to be placed on the psychology behind smoking. The...
July 11th, 2010 | Nicotine Addiction | Read More

Klonopin Severely Impairs Teen Judgment; May Be Linked to Fatalities

A new member has been added to the quickly growing list of prescription antianxiety drugs teens are abusing with dangerous outcomes: Klonopin, known generically as clonazepam, from the drug class called benzodiazepines.
July 9th, 2010 | Prescription Drug Addiction | Read More

Many People with Mental Illness Also Suffer Chemical Addictions

Many patients who suffer mental illness may have the disease compounded by substance abuse or addiction – a problem called dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis, like mental illness paired with alcohol or drug addiction, creates a complex condition and may mean the person is at greater risk for relapse....
July 9th, 2010 | Research & News | Read More