Everything You Know About Drug Use and Addiction is Wrong
The fact that these so-called addicts would choose a cash reward that they wouldn't get for several weeks over getting high showed that if they had an alternative to the drug use, they would take it. The amount of the reward mattered. With small … Read more on Care2.com

Jonathan Rhys Meyers' 'Dracula' salary withheld over substance abuse …
Did NBC have to rein in "Dracula" star Jonathan Rhys Meyer? The Irish actor, who has long struggled with substance abuse issues, reportedly didn't get paid the majority of his salary for the vampire drama until filming had completed. RELATED: JONATHAN … Read more on New York Daily News

Lady Gaga says she was addicted to marijuana: Is pot addictive?
Key characteristics of an addiction include the inability to abstain from using the substance, behavioral impairment, cravings and diminished recognition of chronic, increasing problems because of abusing the substance, Levenson pointed out. Not only … Read more on CBS News

Local police say more pill addicts turning to cheaper heroin high
Prescription drug abuse has been a steadily rising trend for Americans, especially in suburban areas. Now more and more addicts are discovering heroin as a cheaper and less-risky alternative to pills for getting high. Sgt. Troy Burnett, of the Weber … Read more on El Estándar