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Getting to Truly Comprehensive Healthcare Reform

Victor Capoccia | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Health Care Reform, Addiction, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Victor Capoccia

We cannot take a piecemeal approach to what ails us today. Addiction and mental health treatment must be a part of a comprehensive overhaul of our nation's healthcare system.

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Facebook And Kids: Are Their Brains Ready for Social Networking?

Kari Henley | Posted 04.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Internet, Internet Safety, Brain-Development, Teens, Addiction, Adolescents, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Cyber Bullying, Teenagers on Facbeook, Peggy Orenstein, Facebook and Kids, Living News
Kari Henley

As a mother, I have recently discovered Facebook. My kids knew about it long ago and I poo pooed it as another mindless waste of time. Finally, I join...

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Why We Can't Legalize Drugs

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexican Drug Cartels, Addiction Brain Disease, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug War, Joe Biden Vice President, John Walters, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Congressional Hearings on Mexican Drug Cartels, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, Addiction, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News
Stanton Peele

California's multibillion dollar sales of marijuana can't be taxed while the State drowns in red ink. Yet the Obama Administration won't contemplate the possibility of legalizing marijuana. Why not?

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States Selling Addiction: "Why Not? We Need the Money!"

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.07.2009 | Home

Read More: New York Lottery, Tobacco Companies, Kathleen Sebelius, Smoking, Addiction, Mega Millions, Gambling, Kansas Legislature, New Jersey Legislature, State Lotteries, Pick 3, Pick 4, Tobacco Settlement, Gambling Casinos, Horse Racing, Sports Betting, Legalizing Marijuana, Tom Ammiano, Lotteries, Home News
Stanton Peele

Our financial and emotional needs now dictate that state governments sedate their citizens, while picking their pockets, from California to Kansas to the Mid-Atlantic.

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Anxiety: What We Have in Common with Baboons

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 04.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Work Relationships, Stress, Addiction, Psychology, Stress Reduction, Green News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Baboons and people, it seems, are both intelligent enough to think our way into lots and lots of stress.

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Greening Your Therapy Experience

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 03.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Psychotherapy, Psychology, Codependency, Resilience-Psychology, Acoa, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

When we "know too much" and "do too little" discouragement follows.

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Phelps and Rodriguez Show It Pays to Take Drugs

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Michael Phelps Bong, Controlled Drug Use, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Alex Rodriguez, Michael Phelps, Living News
Stanton Peele

Life preservation -- health and happiness -- are more basic instincts than the instinct to use or not use substances.

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Children of Alcoholics Week

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 03.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Alcoholics, Food Addiction, Drug Addiction, Adult Child of Alcoholic, Sex Addiction, Acoa, Addiction, Money Addiction, Mental Health, Health, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Research both in animals and in people show that stress or trauma early in life, like the stress of living with addiction or relationship trauma, can hyper-sensitize neurons and receptors.

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Tips on Managing Emotions

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Emotions, Psychology, Therapy, Resilience Psychology, Trauma, Sex Addiction, Emotion, Hormones, Learning, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Once we make our emotions conscious through thinking about them, we can begin to understand our feelings about them so that they can be brought into insight and balance.

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What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Senate Bill 1011, Smoking, Nida, Drugs, Joe Biden, Heroin, Coffee, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Prescription Painkillers, Nora Volkow, Coca-Cola, Slate.com, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Cigarettes, Crack Cocaine, Oxycontin, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Prescription Drugs, Cocaine, Niaaa, Addiction, Living News
Stanton Peele

Addiction is a nasty business which enslaves people. But if you're going to target that practice, then you'd better come and take all the coffee and Diet Coke the office.

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Obama Sends Drug Warriors to UN, DEA to CA: Stop Fighting Bush's Wars

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Addiction, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Drug Policy, Dea, Needle Exchage, Obama Drug Policy, Politics News
Maia Szalavitz

Obama must take advantage of this rare opportunity to expose the tired rhetoric of the drug war and do the right thing. Support harm reduction like the rest of the developed world does.

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Battling Addiction: Are 12 Steps Too Many?

TIME | John Cloud Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction, 12 Steps, Twelve Steps, Aa, Rehab, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

January is a big month for winter sports and post-Christmas sales. It's also -- as people who treat substance abuse know -- a big month for drinkers w...

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We Need a Rehab Program for Spenders

Don McNay | Posted 02.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Payday Lending, Wall Street Bailout, Savers, Trickle-Down Economics, Addiction, Payday Loans, Don McNay, Credit Crisis, Consumer Spending, Amy Winehouse, Rich People, Citicorp, Spending, Kentucky, Poor, Credit Card, Subprime Loans, Shopping Spree, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

The nation's economic system has also gotten addicted to shopping.To turn the economy around, Americans need to find a spender's version of rehab.

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Greening Your Emotional Life: Make Emotional Balance Sustainable

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 02.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Psychology, Green Living, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Here are a few tips for greening your emotional life, for making emotional balance sustainable.

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DEA, Florida 'Honor' Abusive Rehab Founder, Wife of Republican Financier

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Bush, Addiction, Treatment, Drugs, Straight Inc, Sembler, Rehab, Republicans, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

Imagine if Wall Street were to honor Bernie Madoff for his skills as an investor. The equivalent just happened in Florida, where Betty Sembler has been honored for her work fighting drugs.

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Progressives War over Drug Czar

Stanton Peele | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Ramstad, Health, Ramstad Drug Czar, Addiction, Aa, Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction as Disease, Drug Czar, Twelve Steps Program, Drug Policy Reform, Politics News
Stanton Peele

The idea of treating substance abusers as disease sufferers is tremendously appealing. But, like other disagreements steeped in divergent bedrock values, there's no getting around this one.

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Laughter is Good for the Body, Mind and Social Relationships

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Oprah, Psychology, Msnbc, Business Psychology, Laughter, Health, Gender Roles, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

A good laugh helps us to let go, to feel more alive inside. It also helps respiration, as frequent belly laughter empties your lungs of more air than it takes in resulting in a cleansing effect.

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Overweight and Not Doing Anything About It?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Losing Weight, Health, Addiction, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Obesity, How to Lose Weight, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

The pain of being overweight, and all the negatives associated with it, has to be greater than the pleasure of the food before one is ready and willing to change.

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The Post Crazy Economy

Don McNay | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Wall Street Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Consumer Spending Down, Mortgage Crisis, Addiction, Main Street, Don McNay, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Wall Street Journal, Frugality, Wall Street Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Kentucky, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

To some, the crisis was caused by consumers. It's as if they are unhappy that we're getting our act together. It's similar to a dope dealer getting angry when a customer goes into rehab.

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Exclusive: New York Times Reporter Benoit Denizet-Lewis Talks Addiction, Recovery, Drug Policy, Obama and America Anonymous

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

Read More: America Anonymous, Recovery, Twelve Steps, Sex Addiction, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Alcoholism, Addiction, New York Times, Addict, Aa, Drug Policy, Alcoholics Anonymous, Barack Obama, Health, Media News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

In his new book American Anonymous, Denizet-Lewis gets into the heart of addictions across the country, roads to recovery, detailing the heights of abuse, including health problems, and lost jobs and families.

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Harm Reduction and Allan's Diplomatic Faux Pas, on the Final Day of the U.N. Drug Treatment Conference, Vienna

Allan Clear | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Drugs, Treatment, News, Politics, United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, United Nations, Addiction, Foreign Policy, Harm Reduction, Vienna, Drug Policy, World News
Allan Clear

At last, my final day in Vienna attending the United Nations' "Technical Seminar on Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment: From Research to Practice" conference.

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Celebrate Anyway

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 01.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Holidays, Psychology, Ritual, Spirituality, Christmas, Holiday Party, Christmas Rituals, Holiday Spirit, Holiday Rituals, Budget Cuts, Christmas Commentary, Potluck Dinner, Office Party, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

A friend of mine works at a successful New York City advertising firm. When her firm had to make some cuts to the budget, I was impressed at how they...

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Vienna U.N. Drug Treatment Meeting Day Two: The Clockwork Orange Brainwashing Day

Allan Clear | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, United Nations, Addiction, Harm Reduction, Treatment, Drugs, Foreign Policy, Vienna, Drug Policy, Politics News
Allan Clear

Cross posted from from the Stop the Drug War Chronicle Blog (12/18/08) Ah, the Clockwork Orange brainwashing day. (For my preamble, click here. For c...

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Why Should You or Anyone Care About This Week's U.N. Anti-Drug Meeting?

Allan Clear | Posted 01.18.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, Addiction, Harm Reduction, Treatment, Drugs, Drug Policy, Vienna, United Nations, Foreign Policy, World News
Allan Clear

Are the collected nations going to sign on to yet another tour of duty with the War on Drugs? Or will this new Declaration finally shift the focus of international drug policy towards a human rights, public health-based approach?

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Lies, Damn Lies and Drug Statistics: Treatment Version

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Minnesota Teen Challenge, Addiction, Drug Treatment, Statistics, Teen Challenge, Rehab, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

When Minnesota Teen Challenge responded to my recent blog entry about their anti-drug program, they cited a "study" to back their claims. What this paper actually shows is how easy it is produce good looking numbers.

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