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Serial killer Pickton denied new trial
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's highest court refused on Friday to grant a new trial for serial killer Robert "Willie" Pickton, who was convicted of killing drug addicts and prostitutes and butchering their remains at h
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ADHD Medication May Help People Overcome Drug Addiction
The active ingredient in Ritalin, a medication used to control the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
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Malaysian Teens Turn into Sex Addicts Due to Porn
As of June 16 this year, 202 complaints have been received by The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MC
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The Willpower Paradox
Willingness is a core concept of addiction recovery programs--and a paradoxical one. Twelve-step programs emphasize that addicts cannot will themselves into healthy sobriety--indeed, that ego and self-reliance are often a root cause of their problem. ...
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Danes support drug cabins
A clear majority of Danes support the idea of injection cabins for addicts.
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Halle Berry Joins Shoe Addicts Anonymous
New comedy about 'sole sisters'.
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Halle Berry 'Shoes Addicts Anonymous': Actress Gets New Movie Role
Halle Berry's newest role will be in the film "Shoe Addicts Anonymous," WWD reports. Based on the book by Beth Harbison, the comedy, about four Chicago women obsessed with footwear, will hit screens in fall 2011. Producer Mark Bozek explained, "It's ...
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Are Mel and Lindsay the only Addicts we care about?
Now that the fascination with Lindsay and Mel is slowly dying down andwe realize that they are not the only suffering alcoholics and addicts in our country then let's all take a deep breath and redirect some of our attention here. If the righteous ...
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Showtime thinking of getting into male escort business
Showtime has had programs about serial killers, drug dealers, lesbians, call girls, sex addicts and multiple personalities. The only thing missing is gigolos, but maybe not for long.The pay cable channel is developing a reality show about men who ...
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Halle Berry Tries a Shoe Comedy on For Size
What would happen if you combined In Her Shoes with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ? You might end up with something like Shoe Addicts Anonymous , an upcoming ensemble comedy starring Halle Berry. There's no way around it: this movie is ...
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Intervention: The Rehab Show That Works
The A&E reality-TV show has a 71 percent success rate in rehabbing the most determined, hardened addicts. Natasha Vargas-Cooper digs into why the show's methods work.Of the 161 addicts that have appeared on A&E's show Intervention in the past five...
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Needle exchange vital step in containing spread of HIV
Medics are calling for addicts to be viewed not as criminals but as patients, writes DON DUNCANin Vienna
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4m M'sians smoking addicts
KUALA LUMPUR - ABOUT four million Malaysians, or 21.5 per cent of the adult population, are addicted to smoking, with almost one out of two males being smokers, according to the National Health and Morbidity Survey. The statistics also showed 30 per ...
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Rachel Uchitel Hops From Club to Celeb Rehab
Rachel Uchitel, Jeremy London, Jason Davis among cast of 'Celebrity Rehab 4.' Jeremy London - Tiger Woods - Keyshia Cole - Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew - Janice Dickinson
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True Blood For African Addicts
At what point do people need a fix so bad that they are willing to inject another persons blood into themselves? With the constant presence of AIDS related deaths in Africa, and the progressive educational-outreach towards sex workers and addicts, it ..
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Portugal's Drug Law Draws Scrutiny
Portugal's move to decriminalize illicit substances is approaching a decade in force amid new scrutiny and plaudits, providing a real-world model to address an issue that is a social and economic drag world-wide.
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Have Nasty Emails From Opposing Counsel Read to You While You Drive
Today at Lawyerist, Randall Ryder touts a smartphone application for all the "crackberry" (is there a similar nickname for iPhones?) addicts out there who don't want to run afoul of the no-texting-while-driving laws and/or meet their demise in a fiery ...
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More Stories of Stopping Binging
She knew it was her drug of choice: she fought to defend it like a dog with a bone. That's what tipped her off. "I'm usually pretty open about things, and I'm good at taking feedback. But I noticed this anger when anyone tried to be helpful...and I'd ...
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The Case for Treating Drug Addicts in Prison
For the last 16 years, Dr. Josiah Rich has gone weekly to prisons in or near Providence, R.I., to treat people being held there for drug-related offenses. Each time, he has wrestled with an ethical conundrum: not the issue of whether the offenders have ...
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In Afghanistan, drug rehab for children
Children in Afghanistan are often fed opium to stop their crying, and many are born to addicts. A few clinics offer drug rehab for youths, but they are scarce and socially taboo.
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Lindsay Lohan in Jail is Not the Place for Her to Detox Says Addiction Specialist Clare Kavin
Lindsay Lohan travels to jail soon. However, according to addiction specialist Clare Kavin of The Waismann Method, which has treated many celebrity addicts, jail is not what Lohan needs. Contributor: Jolie du Pre Published: Jul 13, 2010
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Desperate Addicts Inject Others Blood
Heroin users in a few African cities have begun injecting other addicts blood, researchers say, in an effort to share the high or stave off the pangs of withdrawal.
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Have We All Gone Completely Nuts?
If you think he's the worst of it, just turn on your television, which is making us all think we're crazy and, worse, that we can be healed
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Twitter For Blackberry EmbracesFacebook?!
RIM has just announced that the Twitter for Blackberry app is no longer in beta, and is now ready to be embraced by Blackberry addicts everywhere (at least officially that is).But what may surprise Blackberry addicts is not the new features added to ...
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Addicts opt for jail over detox
The rollback of the state's strict Rockefeller drug laws last year is having a shocking side effect: fewer city addicts are getting clean, prosecutors and experts say. Rehab admissions in cases handle...
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Netgear touts hardcore ReadyNAS for digital media addicts
Netgear has debuted its ReadyNAS Ultra lineup of 2-Bay, 4-Bay and 6-Bay network storage systems for hardcore digital enthusiasts.read more
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IRL Task Management For World Of Warcraft Addicts
Dishes are piling up in the sink, the fridge is almost empty and you still havent gotten a chance to send Grandpa that birthday card. But aside from a self-administered pat on the back, what rewards could you possibly reap from undertaking such ...
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Mexico City Journal: Speaking Gods Language With a Gangster Dialect
A Roman Catholic priest sermonizes in the most colorful of street Spanish to connect with gang members, addicts and other young people at risk.
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Disrupting the memory of places induced by drugs of abuse weakens motivational withdrawal in a context-dependent manner [Neuroscience]
Addicts repeatedly relapse to drug seeking even after years of abstinence, and this behavior is frequently induced by the recall...
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Nachtmystium: Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II (Review)
Taking a new approach to their style of psychedelic black metal, Nachtmystium bring in the old to create something new.
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