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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #33B:
Addiction |
| The Society for the Study of Addiction |
| Addiction
Science Network: Biological Basis of Addiction |
| Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health |
| Sports
Betting Addiction: Breaking the Cycle (from The Addiction Center) |
| Addiction
Today (organization devoted to "Reclaiming Lives for
Life") |
| Pharmacy
Help Substance Abuse Resource Guide |
| Recovery
Helper (info to aid recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism) |
| Addiction
and Your Faith Community (from Unitarian Universalist authors, read
complete pamphlet) |
| Rehab
Recovery (link to website of acclaimed free addiction service in the
UK) |
| Treatment
Improvement Protocols ("best practice guidelines
for the treatment of substance abuse" from SAMHSA) |
| National
Institute on Drug Abuse: Nicotine Addiction Report |
| National
Institute on Drug Abuse: for Teens, The Science Behind Drug Abuse |
| Campaign
for Tobacco Free Kids (non-profit
"working to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences in
the United States and around the world")
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| National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Alcohol Research & Health
Publications |
| National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence |
| Addiction
and Substance Abuse Popular Programs (links to UCTV programs) |
| Addiction
Group informational
web guide ("created for people struggling with substance use
disorders (SUD), alcohol use disorders (AUD), and co-occurring mental
health disorder" |
| William
Cope Moyers's new memoir recounts his struggle with sobriety and
painkillers (interview by Scott Simon
from NPR August 31 2024)
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| Briefing:
Fentanyl Epidemic Still Getting Worse (from The Economist March
2 2024) |
| America’s
Approach to Addiction Has Gone Off the Rails by Sam Quinones (from The
Atlantic June 1 2023) |
| Fentanyl
Awareness
(from US Drug Enforcement Agency, Dec 2022) |
| U.S.
opioid crisis hit a deadly peak in 2022 but also perhaps a turning point (from
NPR, Dec 31 2022) |
| Social
media platforms face pressure to stop online drug dealers who target kids
(from
NPR, Jan 26 2023)
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| Breaking Nicotine’s Powerful Draw by Andrew Jacobs (from
The New York Times August 2 2022) |
| “In
a meth underground on Facebook and Zoom, users find drugs and endless
parties” (from
NBC News March 14 2022)
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| "There
is life after addiction. Most people recover" by Brian Mann (from
NPR Jan 15 2022)
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| “Are
Video Games Addictive?” (article from The Economist January 1
2022) |
| Illegal
Drug Trade / Latin America gang activity (report from The Economist
January 1 2022)
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| "Drug
Overdose Deaths, Fueled by Fentanyl, Hit Record High in U.S" by Jon
Kamp and Julie Wernau"
(from Wall Street Journal Nov 17 2021)
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| Empire
of Pain by Patrick Keefe (book review about opioids in America in The Economist May
15 2021) |
| Under
Our Roof by Madeleine Dean
(memoir by congresswoman and her son about addiction is basis for PBS
News Hour story Feb 17 2021) |
| The
Opioid Epidemic –as bad as ever (report in The Economist January
2 2021) |
| “The
New American Addiction: How Juul Hooked Kids and Ignited a Public Health
Crisis” by Jamie DuCharme
(Time magazine
September 30 2019)
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| "Illegal
Drugs: Life or Meth" (article from The Economist June 17
2017)
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| Nicotine
by Gregor Hens (book review by Dwight Garner Jan 10 2017 The New
York Times) |
| "An
addiction crisis along ‘the backbone of America’" by Joel
Achenbach (Dec 30 2016 Washington Post article) |
| "We
Found Joy: An Addict Struggles To Get Treatment" ( opioid
addiction related NPR story May 5 2016) |
|
Dreamland:
The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones (book
review by Matt Pearce of this 2015 book; LA
Times April, 2015) |
| "Smoking
in Pregnancy--Huffing and Puffing"
(article from The
Economist April 4 2015) |
| "Scientists
Probe 'Sex Addict' Brains" by James Gallagher (BBC News story
July 11, 2014) |
| "The
Addiction Paradox" by Bruce Bower (cover story from Science
News March 22 2014) |
| "Drug Addiction in Iran: The Other Religion"
(article in The Economist Aug 17 2013) |
| The Fix
by Damian Thompson
(review of book about "epidemic of addiction" in The Economist June 2012) |
| "Painkiller
Sales Soar Around US, Fuel Addiction" (April 4 2012 article from The
Seattle Times) |
| "Nearly
20% of Lung Cancer Patients Keep Smoking" by John Leighty (April
8 2011 news report) |
| "Can
You Get Hooked on Diet Soda?" by Denise Mann (March 2011
Health.com story posted on CNN) |
| "Yale
Study--Some People Suffer from Food Addiction" by Christine Stomes
(April 2011 news item) |
| "Smoking
Explains Why Americans Don't Live Longer" by Maggie Fox (Jan 25
2011 news story) |
| How
We Get Addicted, by Michael Lemonick (from July 16, 2007 issue of Time
magazine) |
| This
is Your Brain on Food (Scientific American article about the
neurological basis of food addictions) |
| Hooked
From the First Cigarette, by Joseph R. DiFranza (May, 2008 Scientific American article) |
| The Caffeine Habit, by Sanjay
Gupta (September 20, 2007 Time article) |
| Can't
Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, by Martin
Torgoff (book review on Drug Policy Alliance website) |
| The
Ultimate Guide to Relapse Prevention (more on this 2016 book from
Ocean Recovery Center) |
| The
Biochemistry of Human Addiction |
| The
Biological Mechanisms of Addiction |
| Mental
Health and Addiction (links to articles provided by Jennifer Woodson) |
| National
Council on Problem Gambling |
| The
Good Drugs Guide (website providing a "guide to drugs, addiction,
and treatment") |
| Gambling
Addiction (includes self tests to assess problem, from Illinois
Institute for Addiction Recovery) |
| Gambler's
Anonymous (hope for those addicted to gambling) |
| Problem
Gambling and Addiction |
| "The
Ultimate Guide to Gambling Addiction" (2016 article by addiction
worker Paul Clarke) |
| "Guide
to Video Game Addiction" article |
| Addiction to Shopping |
| Prescription
Painkiller Addiction |
| Sexual
Addiction Articles |
| Crisis
(2021 film about opioid addiction problem, from online encyclopedia) |
| quotes
related to addiction |