Why the Disease Definition of Addiction Does Far More Harm Than Good
Among other problems, it has obstructed other channels of investigation, including the social, psychological and societal roots of addiction By Marc Lewis on February 9, 2018 Over the past year and a half, Scientific American has published a number of fine articles arguing that addiction is not a disease, that drugs are not the cause of addiction, and that social and societal factors are […]
Eric Clapton Talks Addiction, Cream’s Brilliance, the Future of the Guitar
The guitar icon looks back on his turbulent history, as chronicled in new doc ‘Life in 12 Bars,’ and ahead to what’s next By David Fricke December 4, 2017 Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck, Life in 12 Bars also has extraordinary footage of Clapton onstage with Cream in the Sixties and revealing interviews with the women […]
Fergie reveals past crystal meth addiction caused hallucinations ‘on a daily basis’
BY NICOLE BITETTE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, December 7, 2017, 7:40 AM Fergie is coming clean about the lowest point of her life — a crystal meth addiction. The Black Eye Peas star struggled with an addiction to the drug prior to her time in the group, she told iNews in an interview published Thursday. […]
Heroin: Mom struggles to help addicted daughter
September 22, 2014 ORANGEBURG – Every alert — every buzz, every ring — from Jayne Read’s phone brings a surge of dread.”I think it’s going to tell me my daughter is dead,” she said. Read said her middle daughter, Carmen, is 23 years old and deep into heroin addiction. She is petite — 91 pounds […]
Addiction and National Health: The Effect of the Crisis
By Kayly Lange There are many encouraging aspects of American health: cancer and heart disease deaths are going down, technology and medication are improving at a substantial rate, water consumption is out-pacing soda consumption, and Americans are eating more vegetables than ever. Yet last year, for the first time in decades, the U.S. life expectancy […]
The Stigma of Addiction Is More Dangerous Than Drug Overdoses
People in recovery aren’t feeding the stigma. It comes from people who don’t understand addiction. 07/14/2017 12:24 pm ET Updated Jul 14, 2017 Warning: graphic material There’s this look people get when I tell them I’m a heroin addict. It’s a blank, panicked stare. As though I’d delivered some fatal news. It’s Stage Four, I […]
Synthetic drug potentially too powerful for overdose reversal
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – A powerful drug has made its way to the Upstate, and a popular remedy could not be as effective in treating potential overdoses. The synthetic drug U-47700 or “pink” became more widely known in the Upstate after two people were arrested and indicted on federal charges for selling it out of […]
Love or Drugs? The Science Behind an Addict’s Choice
Drug addiction is increasingly becoming one of America’s most widespread epidemics. So much so, the Center for Disease Control reports that 91 Americans die every day from opioid overdoses. When you combine that with overdoses from all other substances as well, that number almost doubles. What’s more, these numbers are only rising (exponentially, in fact). Shocking, right? […]
Ohio Records 4,050 Drug Deaths – Up 33 Percent from 2015
Fatal drug overdoses keep spiraling in Ohio, with the powerful opioid fentanyl fueling a record 4,050 deaths last year — 1,000 more than in 2015. Despite increased state spending, legislation and debate on Ohio’s drug crisis, last year’s death toll was 33-percent higher, according to the annual report on unintentional drug overdose deaths released Wednesday […]
The Stigma of Addiction Is More Dangerous Than Drug Overdoses
People in recovery aren’t feeling the stigma. It comes from people who don’t understand addiction. There’s this look people get when I tell them I’m a heroin addict. It’s a blank, panicked stare. As though I’d delivered some fatal news. It’s Stage Four, I may as well say. We don’t know how long I’ve got […]
