Officials Seek Ways to Curb Prescription Abuse

Published December 20, 2012

Officials seek ways to curb prescription abuse

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That's more than the number using cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and inhalants combined. The Indiana State … Two Indiana physicians' licenses have been temporarily suspended this month for allegedly over-prescribing addictive painkillers. The … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Video: Play to Extinction

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The documentary quotes John Kindt, professor of business and legal policy at the University of Illinois: "The US National Gambling Impact Study Commission calls these electronic gambling machines the 'crack cocaine of creating new addicted gamblers." … Read more on Raise the Hammer (blog)

Addicted To Bang: The Neuroscience of the Gun

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Once dopamine becomes hardwired into a psychological reward loop, the desire to get more dopamine becomes the brain's overarching preoccupation. Cocaine, for example, is widely considered the most addictive drug on earth. It does little more than flood … Read more on Forbes