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'This is why so many people are dying': Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl
The number of positive tests for fentanyl in samples of heroin seized by law enforcement agencies across Canada has grown from less than one per cent in 2012 to more than 60 per cent so far this year, exclusive data obtained by CBC News has revealed. The data also showed an increase of more than 2,000 per cent over that same time period for all street drug samples tested. The statistics are compiled by Health Canada's Drug Analysis Service (DAS)...
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Hooked: how pokies are designed to be addictive
Poker machines use a range of design features that leverage psychology to keep people playing. Here, we break them down so you can see exactly how they work, and how it affects people.
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Golden Brown
The Stranglers
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Gaming addiction probably isn’t a real condition, study suggests
There may be no such thing as internet gaming addiction. People play excessively not because they are hooked on gaming itself, but because they feel unhappy about other areas of their life, according to a study that followed thousands of online gamers over six months.
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The Secretive Family Making Billions From the Opioid Crisis
You’re aware America is under siege, fighting an opioid crisis that has exploded into a public-health emergency. You’ve heard of OxyContin, the pain medication to which countless patients have become addicted. But do you know that the company that makes Oxy and reaps the billions of dollars in profits it generates is owned by one family? By Christopher Glazek.
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The Road to Ruin (1934)
Willis Kent Productions
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How to Win a War on Drugs
Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime.
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Species of madness
Tales of addiction. By Eric J. Iannelli.
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Addiction is a Response to Childhood Suffering: In Depth with Gabor Maté
A Hungarian-born Canadian physician, Dr. Gabor Maté specializes in the study and treatment of addiction and trauma. He is well known for his firmly held belief in the connection between mind and body health. Dr. Maté’s bestselling books include the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories and his own insights to present a broad perspective.
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Seven Days of Heroin
The [Cincinnati, Ohio] Enquirer sent 60 journalists to cover an ordinary week in this extraordinary time. This is what an epidemic looks like.
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Can You Get Addicted to Trolling?
It’s becoming increasingly evident that, for some people, trolling isn’t just playing an asshole on the internet.
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The ‘gateway drug’ is alcohol, not marijuana.
Results from the Guttman scale indicated that alcohol represented the “gateway” drug, leading to the use of tobacco, marijuana, and other illicit substances. Moreover, students who used alcohol exhibited a significantly greater likelihood of using both licit and illicit drugs. The findings from this investigation support that alcohol should receive primary attention in school-based substance abuse prevention programming, as the use of other substances could be impacted by delaying or preventing alcohol use.
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Could a heroin vaccine cure the west’s drug epidemic?
The effect of heroin has been described as “a warm blanket on the brain”. Within seconds of the drug entering the bloodstream, it hits receptor molecules in the brain’s neurons that induce a surge of euphoria, followed by a prolonged sense of tranquillity. Yes, it feels good – and that’s the problem. But what if you took heroin and felt nothing? What if there was a treatment that cancelled its effects on the brain? Who then would bother to take it?
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Ending the Opioid Crisis
Trump finally declared mass opioid addiction a national emergency. But he won’t take on big pharma and the social roots of the crisis.
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Ban alcohol from supermarkets, urges New Zealand medical authority
Selling wine and beer next to food ‘normalises’ a dangerous drug and should be sold at specific outlets
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The latest dangerous drug trend doesn’t actually exist
What the hell is a “narcan party” anyway?
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Tobacco Shares Plunge After FDA Proposes Cut to Cigarette Nicotine
Eight years after it was given the power to meaningfully change smoking in America, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration moved to do so. On Friday, the FDA announced it would take advantage of powers in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act -- a law enacted under a Democratic Congress and then-President Obama -- to cut the level of nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels.
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She was the town’s leading heroin dealer. She was 19 years old
In West Virginia, a young woman and a privileged physician lived very different lives. But they shared a crushing addiction. By Chris McGreal.
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‘It’s raining needles’
Drug crisis creates pollution threat. By Michael Casey.
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The Lawyer, the Addict
A high-powered Silicon Valley attorney dies. His ex-wife investigates, and finds a web of drug abuse in his profession.
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