Addiction Recovery Newsletter (11/9/2009)
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Welcome to the Addiction Recovery Newsletter (11/9/2009). In this edition we have included news, articles and videos. You can find more resources on our website: RecoveryHelper.org.
Addiction Recovery News
Mexico’s Drug Cartels Recruiting Youth
Drug cartels are luring an alarming number of Mexicoâ??s youth into a lifestyle of fast money, drugs and crime. (More)
Animal Study Finds Males More Affected by Prenatal Cocaine Use
Cocaine use during pregnancy appears to be linked to impulsive behavior among male children but not females, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. (More)
Drunken Fruit Flies Help Scientists Find Potential Drug Target For Alcoholism
Drunken fruit flies have helped researchers identify networks of genes — also present in humans — that play a key role in alcohol drinking behavior. This discovery provides an indication of why some people seem to tolerate alcohol better than others, and points toward a potential target for drugs aimed at preventing or eliminating alcoholism. (More)
NIDA Launches New Substance Abuse Resources to Help Fill Gaps in Medical Education
The rigors of medical training sharpen a doctor’s ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of human afflictions. However, drug abuse and addiction are often insufficiently covered in medical school curricula, despite the fact that drug use affects a wide range of health conditions and drug abuse and addiction are themselves major public health issues. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
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Combine Nicotine Patch, Lozenges to Quit Smoking, Researchers Say
A study comparing five pharmaceutical approaches to quitting smoking found that mixing nicotine patches and lozenges was the most effective, in part because it seemed to best duplicate the highs and lows of nicotine addiction faced by smokers. (More)
Nicotine Patch Plus Lozenge Appears Best For Smoking Cessation
In a comparison of five different smoking cessation medications, a nicotine patch plus a nicotine lozenge appears most effective at helping smokers quit, according to a new report. (More)
Global Abuse is Rampant and Earth is a World Awash in Misery
The Foundation for a Drug-Free World is tackling drug abuse and addition which is running rampany on Earth. Through booklets and educational information the Foundation sheds light on crystal meth, cocaine, ecstasy and more. (More)
Addiction Recovery Articles
Beating Alcoholism
Getting Rid of Alcoholism as Soon as Possible There are lots of easy ways to stop drinking alcohol. You should think of beating alcoholism and stopping the bad habit as soon as possible to avoid cert… (More)
Are You Letting Addiction Steal Your Future?
Addiction is one of the greatest and most costly public health problems in the United States. While all this publicity is going on for the H1N1 Virus, people are dying from a disease far more prevale… (More)
Physical Marijuana Addiction
The physical marijuana addiction is combined with a strong psychologically dependence making marijuana very hard to quit for many people. It is no secret to long time users that weed is physically addictive, or that it is bad for you. Many people are trying to quit, more than ever before. Unfortunately, most people fail and go back to smoking. (More)
Christian Drug Rehabilitation Programmes – Offering Spiritual Guidance and Medical Care
Very often our rehab clinics deal solely with the physical nature of addictions and ignore the underlying cause. Christian faith based programs offer an important point of difference in that the spiritual well being of the patients is treated as paramount. They offer a holistic approach to dealing with drug abuse which may well prove to greater long term success (More)
4 Ways to Overcome Drug Addiction
This expose is written for someone experiencing and unable to defeat drug addiction. Before you begin throwing away lots of your hard earned cash on expensive rehab centers in the market, I encourage you to read this commentary to the end. (More)
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