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Don't Get Too Carried Away by Gold's Good 2014 Start

...  actually has little drop down effect on the person in the street who does not have the money to invest – indeed who has seen incomes fall in real … Read more on Moneyweb.co.za Video: Naturally, JJ Cale As… Continue reading

We Know It Can Kill: Why People Still Smoke

...  defiance — and billions spent to make people act against their own best interest. How bad is it? In 1965 … "You see a little more of the addiction when people get older." Blackwell is … more … Read… Continue reading

"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths

...  towards Belforts yachts, mansions – not to mention hookers, cocaine and $ 40,000 dinners. And perhaps it's because … But … Read more on Filmonic No Comment Necessary: Rob Ford, the Best Mayor Ever Rob Ford, the notorious mayor… Continue reading

Ex-Users Help Heroin Addicts Out of Death Spiral

...  high-risk use,” Soper said. “To change … But addiction is really a side effect to … Read more on Akron Beacon Journal Pill Mill Bill Remains Hot Topic In Kentucky "I have to talk to the patient about what… Continue reading

Science's Obsession: The Search for a “Smart Pill”

...  obsession: The search for a “smart pill” As the New York Times Magazine famously put it in 1987, “nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine or amphetamines, and for most people more addictive than alcohol.” But that's just wrong.… Continue reading

PART 2: Gabor Maté and Alan Schwarz on "the Selling of Attention Deficit

...  2: Gabor Maté and Alan Schwarz on "The Selling of Attention Deficit … In part two of our discussion with physician Gabor Maté and New York Times reporter Alan Schwarz, we discuss how attention deficit disorder manifests in children… Continue reading