Types of addiction
It seems like an oxymoron, but Chicago’s The Other Side makes it a reality. It’s a bar without the alcohol, where the strongest thing you’ll find is a Red Bull or the meager dose of caffeine in a coke, and although it’s a new phenomenon it could have a notable impact in the addiction and [...]
Somewhere between 15 and 17 million Americans are using cannabis (marijuana). Cannabis is the most popularly used illicit drug in this country. Not only are plenty of Americans already using the drug, but with cannabis becoming legal in several states, use is likely to continue to rise. Teens are not legally allowed to use cannabis [...]
All drugs are not equally harmful. It may be a somewhat controversial statement, but it’s impossible to deny that alcohol is more dangerous than caffeine, for example, so it has to be accepted as truth that certain substances have fewer risks and more perceived benefits than others. The Global Drug Survey aims to find out [...]
During the 80’s and early 90’s British pop star, Adam Ant had girls swooning with his music. In fact, MTV’s female viewers once voted him the sexiest man in America. But after he released his hit “Wonderful” in 1995, he seemed to fall off the planet. Ant disappeared from the music scene for 17 years, [...]
A 2012 DEA report revealed that in 2010, US pharmacies dispensed enough Vicodin to give 24 tablets of 5mg each to every single person in the country. The current epidemic in prescription drug abuse is partially to blame on Vicodin, since it’s the most widely prescribed drug in the country. Despite accounting for only 4.6 [...]
A new Hollywood memoir is due to hit bookstore shelves soon. In some ways it is the same song, different stanza as so many tales of dashed Hollywood dreams that have come before – that of a young actor brimming with talent and promise who gets caught up in a cyclone of drugs, sex and [...]
Some people can have fun making a neighborly bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl, but for others gambling is habitual and even compulsive. The compulsion to gamble is often driven, as with so many other addictions, by the desire to fill an emotional hole. Chronic gamblers may be able to hide their problem [...]
In real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. In mental health, the same is true. According to a Perth-based study, new evidence suggests that where you live can have an impact on your risk of consuming large amounts of alcohol and developing mental health issues. According to a recent Science Network article, the greater [...]
I recently boarded a flight on a well-known airline and was dismayed to discover that they do not yet offer in-flight domestic Wi-Fi. What? How can that possibly be? It’s 2013. ` I’ve been flying with access to the internet for at least three years now. Some airlines are even beginning to offer Wi-Fi access on transatlantic [...]
Chris Kelly will likely forever be remembered for his pre-pubescent career as a rap star. As part of the duo Kris Kross, he and partner Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith had a No. 1 hit “Jump” that stayed there for two months in 1992. It’s hard to imagine that the kid ingrained in our minds as [...]