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When 50 Shades of Grey doesn’t cut it.
The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment
Carlton K. Erickson
312 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company...
August 22, 2012
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The view from the White House.
As regular readers of Addiction Inbox will know, I am on record as favoring some form of decriminalization for marijuana. But I also...
August 18, 2012
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Catching up with bath salts and spice.
The Low Down on the New Highs: Not all bath salts are alike.
“You’re 16 hours into your 24-hour shift on the medic unit, and y...
August 13, 2012
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The Up and the Down.
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Steve Earle and the Ghost of Hank Williams: I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Musician Steve Earle m...
August 8, 2012
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Why diet pills are problematic.
"Physicians who treat obesity hailed the Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of two new diet drugs—the first in 13 years—...
August 5, 2012
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Ten-year old petition could change everything.
Medical marijuana advocates will finally have their day in federal court, after the United States Court of Appeals fo...
August 1, 2012
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Facial abnormalities not present in most cases.
Back in 1967, when a French pediatrician tried to alert doctors to developmental problems he had recognized in the c...
July 29, 2012
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It’s not medical. It's not psychiatric. What is it?
1. Most clinicians who treat addicted patients are counselors, not physicians; thus they cannot prescribe medica...
July 25, 2012
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“The penal colony’s prime scribe.”
“Will power is nothing. Morals is nothing. Lord, this is illness.”
—John Berryman, 1971
A year before he committed suicide by jum...
July 21, 2012
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Many celebrities suffer with unhealthy behaviors, and many are treated every year for things like drug and alcohol addiction. The stress of being in the spotlight, c...
July 13, 2011
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