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BBC News - According to Jessie Jo Jacobs, who runs a treatment centre in Stockton to help women out of a lifestyle of prostitution and drug addiction, this targeting has been catastrophic for many recovering addicts. Crack cocaine had changed the culture of ...

Forbes - SAN DIEGO, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- While shopping is usually viewed as a leisure activity by the general public, for one shopper in twenty, the habit is a process addiction. For these "shopaholics," trips to the mall are more than holiday buying and ...

Baltimore Sun - Budget deficits, polluted waters, drug addiction and crumbling infrastructure are of our own recent making," the governor said. "But other perils, like global warming, the global economy, global terrorism, global migration, are powered by additional ...

Detroit Free Press - He will be sentenced Nov. 5. O'Neal's lawyer, David Steingold, attacked Moore's credibility, bringing up his crack cocaine addiction and criminal record. Kowal said Moore provided key testimony. Contact BEN SCHMITT at 313-223-4296 or bcschmitt@freepress ...

San Francisco Gate - That could include finding a job, enrolling in school or seeking treatment for addiction. This year's state budget includes $6 million for what is now known as the Witness Relocation and Assistance Program, under the bill sponsored by Sen. Gloria ...

New York Times - Everybody here smokes who can afford it,” said Eddie Johnson, 54, who broke a heroin addiction during a recent jail stay and is now training to be a drug counselor. Mr. Johnson said he smoked 10 to 20 cigarettes a day. Scientists have not found ...

USA Today - You can look at testing as a way to catch an early addiction, but as a deterrent, which this study was looking at, we didn't find any evidence that testing was a deterrent." Worse, was this part of the study that found, "At the final assessment, DAT ...

Los Angeles Times - Of course, a lot of people would call that addiction. And given that Internet porn addiction is now an "epidemic" (no doubt rapidly headed for its own DSM listing), it's possible we've built up a collective tolerance that prevents us from getting ...

Washington Post - Vaughn Bell had a job, a good job working at a rehab center for teens. Not bad for a guy who, after a difficult youth, lost a few years to drug addiction and prison. The climb back was rough, but he had finally won the struggle. Then sickness ...

Chicago Tribune - On the other hand, alcohol is detrimental for more than 60 diagnoses," said Juergen Rehm, head of public health and regulatory policies at the Ontario Center for Addiction and Mental Health. "That red wine stuff -- how it was supposed to be ...