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More babies being born addicted to prescription drugs At East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, nurses and doctors are scrambling to deal with a problem that is quickly becoming an epidemic: babies who are born addicted to prescription drugs. T... May 19, 2013
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Sharon Osbourne talks about Ozzy's addiction problems Addiction seems to be an ongoing struggle in the famous Osbourne family. Sharon Osbourne, wife to the legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne, recently spoke out about her husband's current battle with the dis... April 24, 2013
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Illicit drug use in teens on the rise, marijuana most popular A study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse showed that illicit drug use is on the rise among teens, mostly due to increasing marijuana use. According to the study, released in December of 2012,... February 18, 2013
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New John Keats Biography Claims Poet was Addicted to Opium A new biography of the 19th-century English Romantic poet John Keats reveals that he may have been addicted to opium. Previous experts have stated that Keats only briefly experimented with the drug,... September 21, 2012
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Breakthrough Research Lessens Addictive Properties in Opioid Drugs while Re... A new collaborative research study to be published in the Journal of Neurosciences has resulted in a breakthrough discovery that enables scientists to block the addictive properties of opioid drugs su... August 15, 2012
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Effect of "Bath Salts" on the Brain Similar to Cocaine New research has determined that the synthetic stimulants popularly known as "bath salts" have a similar effect on the brain's reward circuitry as cocaine. Up until now, the sale of "bath salts" has b... July 26, 2012


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