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Dec by-election in Surrey

Dec by-election in Surrey

Singh told about 2,000 delegates attending the B.C. NDP convention on Saturday that Canada’s drug laws should reflect that drug addiction is a social …
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How hip-hop is trying to get you healthy

On Castle Hill Avenue in the Bronx, a street filled with pizza shops, bodegas … We were consuming whatever was made available to us,” Jadakiss says in a … For instance, Rapper Gucci Mane kicked an addiction and dropped 75 …
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In Memoriam: Dr. Ernest Noble

Ernest Noble, M.D., Ph.D., who served as the second Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) from 1976 to 1978, passed away on October 17, 2017. Dr. Noble was a driving force in expanding NIAAA ’s research mission during the Institute’s early years and played a vital role in recognizing the alcohol-related birth defects known today as fetal alcohol spectrum di
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Addiction and the “ Why Can ’ t They Stop? ” Enigma

Why can’t they stop?
This is perhaps the most elusive question posed when it comes to addiction. The answer is just as elusive — fleeting, incomprehensible, and illusory, like a ghost amidst shadows in the night. When we ask the question, we are baffled as to why those addicted to particular substances or behaviors continue to use or engage — regardless of the negative physical, psyc
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‘We’re designing minds’: App maker reveals secrets that keep us addicted to smartphones

The average Canadian teenager is on track to spend nearly a decade of their life staring at a smartphone, and that’s no accident, according to an industry insider who shared time-sucking secrets of the app design trade. (Source: CBC | Health)
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