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Feeling Impulsive, Compulsive, or Addicted?

by Jonathan Galland

Are you having trouble stopping yourself from smoking tobacco or marijuana, or from drinking too much alcohol, snorting cocaine, gambling compulsively, pulling out your hair or engaging in other addictive or compulsive behaviors?

Sleeping Pills on The Brain

by Dr. Gayatri Devi

Okay, here’s a little quiz for you. Recognize any of these names?

Diazepam
Clonazepam
Lorazepam
Alprazolam
Temazepam

Drug Deaths Overtake Car Fatalities

By Jonathan Galland

What is in your medicine cabinet could be more dangerous than what is in your driveway.

That’s the takeaway from a new report on the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse from the Los Angeles Times. Drug deaths have doubled within a decade, while traffic fatalities have declined.

Substance Abuse and Poor Oral Health

A team of Boston University researchers has found that the majority of individuals with substance dependence problems report having poor oral health.

They also found that opioid users, in particular, showed a decline in oral health over the period of one year. These findings appear online in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Food Addiction Like Drug Addiction?

Evidence for Food Addiction

New research from Canada suggests that people can become dependent on tempting foods and engage in a compulsive pattern of consumption, similar to behaviors seen in drug addicts and those with alcoholism.