Addictions

Video Gaming Addiction Can Control Your Thoughts

December 27, 2012, 3:00 pm

A psychology researcher from Australia has collected some of the first scientific evidence that video gaming can be addictive in a way similar to gambling and alcohol.

Alberta Researcher Aims to Shed Light on Marijuana Addiction

November 27, 2012, 8:07 pm

Canadian researchers study marijuana users who overcome addiction.

Fostering Hope: The Story of Lauri Burns

June 11, 2012, 1:04 pm

“People don’t realize that at 18, when their own kids are going to prom or preparing for college, these kids are going to homelessness,” Lauri Burns, founder of The Teen [...]

Bath Salts Drug Epidemic Affects Nation’s Youth

June 5, 2012, 11:43 pm

Convenience stores across the country are selling small foil packets containing a substance known as ‘bath salts.’ But despite the name, the product has nothing to do with [...]

First Nations Warn of ‘Health Catastrophe’ After OxyContin Pulled

March 1, 2012, 2:10 am

Ontario First Nations are seeking government support for a potential mass withdrawal in their communities due to the discontinuation of the drug OxyContin on March 1.

Trading Up: Miracles Top Resolutions

January 9, 2012, 1:38 pm

Craig Richter, a 40-year-old man in Melbourne, Australia says that when he wanted to turn his life around six years ago, it took a miracle.

Depression May Follow Video Game Addiction: Study

January 17, 2011, 9:29 pm

Depression may be linked with video game and Internet “addiction” in students aged 7 to 13.

People Will Give Up Anything But Cell Phones

April 10, 2009, 12:28 pm

In an act of spiritual self-discipline, people will give up alcohol, meat, chocolate … but not cell phones.

Support Brings Hope to Those With Mental Illness, Addiction

December 24, 2008, 2:44 am

Mike Pratt, 51, has suffered depression all his life. After losing his wife to cancer in 1999, he fell into using cocaine.

Sugar Is Addictive

December 20, 2008, 1:16 am

A study of rats offers scientific proof for what many dieters already know: Sugar can be addictive.