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Your Brain May Be "Wired" For Addiction (But You Don't Have To Surrender)
Addiction is one of the most common mental health problems there is: Drug use alone affects tens of millions of Americans, and that's only the illegal ones. Even more people deal with addictions to other things – alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, food, and various behaviors. People who are familiar with addiction, and certainly the researchers who study it, may wonder whether their brains are ...

'Addiction Incorporated' directed by Charles Evan Jr.
Jackie Morrison Hooked on a feeling aka nicotine craving The tobacco industry has been blowing smoke of a different kind and it’s not called Marlboro or Dunhill. For years, industry executives practically swore on the cross that cigarettes were not addictive. Try telling that to the pack a day smoker who has spent thousands of dollars on every stop smoking program available but still is hooked ...

As painkiller addiction rises, stronger brand hits market
Two years ago, 28 percent of patients admitted to the Dawn Farm rehabilitation center in Ann Arbor had opiate addictions. Last year, that number rose to 55 percent, said Jim Balmer, president of the organization.

Addiction could be a legacy from parents: Study
Researchers have found that like other inherited traits – addiction could be a legacy from parents. A child of drug-addicted parents is eight times more likely to become an addict than a child growing up in a drug-free home. However in families whose very brains seem primed for addiction, some children still go on to lead productive lives free of drugs, according to new research.

Brain Changes Cause Drug Addiction, Researchers Say
Drug addicts and their nonaddict siblings share the same brain abnormalities linked with poor self-control and drug dependence, a new study suggests.