Read more addiction stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4466/addiction.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:20:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70491/flavored-cig-ban-is-silly-kids-dont-smoke-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA is all over the map—and all wrong—with its ban on flavored cigarettes, writes Steve Chapman. The agency touts the move against the “gateway” tobacco products, saying it will break the cycle of addiction “for the more than 3,600 young people who start smoking daily.” First...http://www.newser.com/story/70491/flavored-cig-ban-is-silly-kids-dont-smoke-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 11:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70456/treating-addicts-with-heroin-gains-steam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGiving heroin to heroin addicts may not sound like a great idea, but it could soon become the preferred treatment for hardcore addicts. Switzerland and a handful of other countries already have clinics that administer small, supervised doses to addicts, and Britain could be next after completing a four-year trial...http://www.newser.com/story/70456/treating-addicts-with-heroin-gains-steam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 12:03:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70214/mtv-will-show-dj-ams-drug-intervention-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMTV intends to air a drug-intervention reality show starring the late Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM. In Gone Too Far , Goldstein plays sober mentor to addicts. Given Goldstein’s recent death from a drug overdose, MTV was concerned the show could be seen as hypocritical or exploitative, but ultimately...http://www.newser.com/story/70214/mtv-will-show-dj-ams-drug-intervention-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 18:09:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68960/pain-meds-led-melanie-to-rehab-banderas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMelanie Griffith checked herself into rehab this spring after pain meds from a skiing accident left her feeling "weak" in her determination to stay sober, says husband Antonio Banderas on today's Ellen DeGeneres Show , squashing rumors that he told his wife it was rehab or divorce. Banderas says he and...http://www.newser.com/story/68960/pain-meds-led-melanie-to-rehab-banderas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:58:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68669/top-signs-youre-an-internet-addict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDo you just like reading Newser, or are you addicted to the Internet? Seattle-based Internet addiction center ReSTART lists the signs of a bad online habit: Heightened euphoria . Trolling through sites gives you your greatest thrill. Whiling away more hours . You look up and it's suddenly 2 am, when last...http://www.newser.com/story/68669/top-signs-youre-an-internet-addict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 5:05:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67949/first-us-internet-addiction-rehab-center-opens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first US Internet addiction clinic has opened in Fall City, Wash. The Heavensfield Retreat Center offers “reStart,” a 45-day in-patient rehab program for Internet, video game, and texting addictions, LiveScience reports. Clients undergo talk therapy and social skills training, as well as feeding goats, raising chickens, and learning home...http://www.newser.com/story/67949/first-us-internet-addiction-rehab-center-opens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 17:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor Katie Roiphe, the connection with her newborn child is like an “addiction," she writes on DoubleX. "There is an opium-den quality to maternity leave. The high of a love that obliterates everything.” Why, then, can’t feminists accept that motherhood is more than a “vocation?” Sure, “the act of caring...http://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67256/jackson-self-harmed-to-get-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToward the end of his life Michael Jackson was so desperate for prescription drugs, sources tell investigators he harmed himself in an effort to get more, the Mirror reports. Jackson was reportedly spending nearly $50,000 a month on drugs including Vicodin, Soma, Xanax, Zoloft, Paxil, and Prilosec, and he...http://www.newser.com/story/67256/jackson-self-harmed-to-get-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66987/confessions-of-a-twitter-addict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast Thursday, the Twitterverse flickered and temporarily went blank. And a writer sat there, staring. “It was funny, in a kind of pathetic, soul-crushing way,” Laurel Snyder writes on Salon. “I stared at the blank screen, hitting refresh over and over.” Her withdrawal worsened as she sat on a park...http://www.newser.com/story/66987/confessions-of-a-twitter-addict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 17:56:23 CDT