Hooked on Opiates: More Legal Use Leads to More Addiction, Crimes, Deaths

Hooked on opiates: More legal use leads to more addiction, crimes, deaths
But over the next decade, a better understanding of addiction developed — while opioids would make users physically dependent on them, they wouldn't become addicted to them. "Addiction is craving the drug and using it compulsively, and using it … Read more on Pioneer Press

Quitting Junk Food Compared to Drug Withdrawal | Gather
… and is activated by addictive drugs including cocaine and even methamphetamine, as reported by Live Science. This study may help to dispel the notion that sticking to a healthy diet is simply a matter of will power. Maybe by understanding what is … Read more on Gather.com

Legalization and the UN Drug Treaties — A Minor Obstacle at Worst
My understanding of the treaties is that they discourage but do permit legal drug possession (given a public health system in place for addressing drug abuse), but not legal production and sales excepting medicine and research. How easy would this to … Read more on Drug War Chronicle