Addiction in the News
Study Finds Alcohol-Abuse Drug Helps Curb Problem Gambling
Fox News, June 2008 - Naltrexone, a drug used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence also appears to help those addicted to gambling, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
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Drug-related hospital morbidity following heroin dependence treatment with methadone or naltrexone implantation
Archives of General Psychiatry, April 2008 - Following naltrexone implant treatment, opioid-related risk decreased for overdose and nonoverdose conditions at 3 years.
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An Anti-Addiction Pill?
The New York Times Magazine, June 25, 2006 - While many in the treatment field have long called addiction a "disease," they've used the word in vague and metaphorical ways, meaning everything from a disease of the mind to a disease of the spirit. Many assumed that an addict suffers from a brain-chemistry problem, but scientists had not been able to peer into our heads to begin to prove it.
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Some Afghan Farmers Trade Poppy for Wheat
SURKH ROD, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.N. drug official is heading to Afghanistan to check out reports that farmers are heeding government calls for a "holy war" on the rampant drug trade by slashing opium cultivation....
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Heroin-Related Deaths Rise in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Tracey Crossett graduated high school early, had a new car, a new boyfriend and planned to study music in college.
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Drug Smugglers Blamed in Afghan Attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan government on Thursday blamed drug smugglers - not Taliban or al-Qaida fighters - for a bomb attack on interim leader Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running mate, saying the country's landmark el elections are a threat to their business....
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Major hope for addicts: Leonard Morse Hospital is on cutting edge with pellet implants
HOLLISTON -- Withdrawing from heroin was never easy for Charlie, an addict for two years. "Whenever I tried to stop, I would feel like s--- for about two weeks," he said. "I'd go through the most insane depression and anxiety. I wanted to rip my insides out..."
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