Nunavut addictions treatment program postponed 
CBC.ca
The Government of Nunavut has postponed plans for an addictions treatment program in the Kitikmeot. A few months ago Finance Minister Keith Peterson announced in his budget speech a pilot program for a 28-day residential addictions treatment would be ...
Start-up of CamBay's addictions program pushed to September, GN says Nunatsiaq News

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Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell talks sex (or not) 
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
By Ben Crandell May 17, 2012 10:01 AM Perry Farrell draws from the darkest moments of his life just after fleeing South Florida for Jane's Addiction's "Twisted Tales." Jane's Addiction's 1988 debut studio album, ?Nothing's Shocking,? was cloaked in ...

 

Mary Richardson Kennedy Commits Suicide, Highlighting Dangers Of Depression ... 
BlissTree
No one knows if Kennedy was still battling these problems, but the mother of four, was reportedly battling depression along with drug and alcohol addictions two years ago when she separated from her husband. She was also arrested for a DUI in May 2010 ...
Estranged Kennedy wife died of asphyxiation due to hanging, autopsy reveals msnbc.com
Kennedy Wife Found Dead At New York Home Yahoo! Movies UK (blog)

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Cracking addiction: Moving to a new phase, away from friends 
Tulsa World
He's the ghost of addictions past, someone she used to smoke crack and hustle with. He came in once and flashed a crack pipe at her, and she told him to leave her alone - she left that life behind. Crack stole more than two decades of Wallace's life, ...

 

Nutley opinion: Slippery slope to addictions 
NorthJersey.com
By VICTORIA CHALK One of the scariest things about having an addiction must be when one discovers himself doing things he never would have imagined possible. That was the concept that hit me the hardest as I listened to the stories relayed by four ...

 

Young people priority in Nova Scotia's mental health, addictions plan 
TheChronicleHerald.ca
This is one of 33 actions the provincial Health and Wellness Department is taking as part of its five-year mental health and addictions strategy announced Wednesday. ?If we place clinicians in schools and we're able to work with kids who have mild and ...
Nova Scotia unveils mental health plan MetroNews Canada
Like Alaska, Canadian north vexed by suicide, drug, alcohol problems Alaska Dispatch
Health Experts to Visit Schools to Acknowledge Different Mental Health ... French Tribune
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Research team defends Internet addiction project 
China Daily
Peking University has responded to a furor over its attempts to compile a list of students addicted to the Internet, saying it was simply looking for candidates for a research project. The university, one of the most prestigious in China, ...

 

Cumbrian addiction charity celebrates first anniversary 
News & Star
By Pamela McGowan A charity that helps people recovering from drug and alcohol addictions is celebrating its first year anniversary. Carlisle MP John Stevenson will visit the Cumbria Gateway tomorrow to see for himself some of the successful projects ...

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Top 5 Reasons Women Relapse 
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Yet drug and alcohol addictions that were once considered a man's problem now affect an estimated 2.7 million women. Women have different reasons than men for using drugs and tend to become addicted faster and after using smaller amounts of drugs than ...

 

Pot Addiction Study Tracks the Brains of People Who Really Enjoy Weed, Maybe ... 
Dallas Observer (blog)
A University Texas at Dallas professor was awarded nearly $2 million dollars to study marijuana addiction for the next five years. We're talking pot, the addiction suffered in silence -- or in inappropriate laughter at anything that sparkles, limps, ...

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