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What started out as web surfing by a healthy teen descended into online obsession and isolation. Was it depression, internet addiction or both? Whatever you call it, rehab is now part of the answer.
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Max Baker got treatment for his opioid dependency and kicked the habit. He'd been clean for more than a year when a car accident and subsequent surgery returned him to addiction's spiral.
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The director of National Drug Control Policy under President Obama, Michael Botticelli, says the proposed GOP health bill would decrease access to treatment in the middle of an opioid crisis.
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The American Medical Association has adopted new policies to prevent tobacco use in young adults.
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The nation’s top doctor is calling for a change in the way America addresses substance abuse.U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy aims to remove the public…
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The federal government is giving cities some new guidance on how far they can go in regulating sober homes.The Departments of Justice and Housing and…
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A new law could be in the works to regulate so-called “sober homes” in Florida. At a meeting attended by hundreds of residents in Lake Worth, Assistant…
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02/02/15 - Tune in for Monday’s Topical Currents when we visit with psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Foote. He’s the co-founder of New York City’s Center for…
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Game designers get deep inside your brain to keep you playing. We challenged them to design a video game about the most boring thing we could think of: making toast.
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02/06/14 - Thursday's Topical Currents begins with psychologist Stephanie Brown, who’s written SPEED: Facing Our Addiction to Fast and Faster—And…
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06/26/13 - Wednesday's Topical Currents is with Columbia University neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart. A native Miamian, Hart has written HIGH PRICE: A…
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Baby boomers have become addicted to drugs at an alarming rate. The most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released in 2012, found illicit…