More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #33B: Addiction |
Substance
Use Disorder (from
online encyclopedia) |
Problem Gambling
(from online encyclopedia) |
Heroin (from online encyclopedia) |
Internet
Addiction (from online encyclopedia) |
The Lost
Weekend – classic 1945
movie about alcohol addiction (from online encyclopedia) |
The Society for the Study of Addiction |
Addiction
Science Network: Biological Basis of Addiction |
Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health |
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 |
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) |
"Illegal
Drugs: Life or Meth" (article from The Economist June 17
2017)
|
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 |
quotes
related to addiction |