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Pisces and Drug Addictions?

Question by zodiac=]: Pisces and drug addictions?
Would a Pisces moon make someone interested in drinking and drugs? It seems this way to me. Why are they like this?

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Answer by ?????????
It doesn’t mean were a drug addict, it just means we are more prone to do… Continue reading

Bill Could Add Up to 10 Years to Prison Sentence for Drug Dealers

Bill could add up to 10 years to prison sentence for drug dealers
Claire Cronin, D-Easton, filed legislation on Monday that could add 10 years onto the prison sentence for people convicted of selling drugs within 300 feet of substance abuse and addiction treatment centers. "Realistically, I don't want drug… Continue reading

Will Going to a Drug Treatment Program Really Help Me?

Question by alysha_m: Will going to a drug treatment program really help me?
I feel like it’s just going to be a waste of money. Maybe I can just go cold turkey? I haven’t quit yet, but I think I can do it on my own.

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Question About Addictions?

Question by brenna: Question about addictions?
Is it true that the more you STOP doing your addiction, the LESS you want it? Or is it the opposite, where the more you STOP doing your addiction, the MORE you want it?

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Answer by John
This depends… Continue reading

Amazon's Bogus Anti-Apple Crusade

Amazon's bogus anti-Apple crusade
The gifted litigator works in a blue-gray steel building designed by one of Seattle's native sons, Minoru Yamasaki (also the architect of the World Trade Center in Manhattan). He built the tower atop an … Berman's analysis used price as a means of …
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Fears of Social Breakdown as Gambling Explodes in Italy

Fears of Social Breakdown as Gambling Explodes in Italy
Slot machines and video lottery terminals, known as V.L.T.s, can be found all over in coffee bars and tobacco shops, gas stations, mom-and-pop shops and shopping malls, not to mention 13 dedicated gambling halls. … The new attempts to rein in… Continue reading

San Jose State Students Accused of Tormenting Black Roommate Charged With

San Jose State students accused of tormenting black roommate charged with
SAN JOSE — First, his white roommates nicknamed him “Three-fifths,” referring to the way the government once counted blacks as just a fraction of a person. When he protested, they dubbed him “Fraction.” Then they outfitted the four-bedroom… Continue reading

500 Patients Milestone Reached at Las Vegas Rapid Detox Clinic

500 Patients Milestone Reached at Las Vegas Rapid Detox Clinic
Patients with opiate drug addiction to heroin, oxycontin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone, or suboxone underwent the new 8-hour detox treatment under anesthesia and awoke without significant withdrawal symptoms. The 8-hour detox treatment under …
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Where Does the Phrase “Going Cold Turkey” Come From?

Question by Smile!: Where does the phrase “going cold turkey” come from?

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Answer by Monty
“”Cold turkey” is an expression describing the actions of a person who gives up a habit or addiction all at once. That is, rather than gradually easing the process through reduction or by… Continue reading

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Addiction?

Question by Rowan: What are the signs and symptoms of addiction?
I’m looking for signs that can apply to any type addiction. I’ve tried to Google it but all I can find is for drug addictions. =/

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Answer by Britt
I think the most typical sign of addiction… Continue reading