thegreenjournal.ca (beta) (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Matt Frei BBC News, Washington Matt Frei travelled to Houston to debate how America is going to get itself off oil. And, of course, most of this can apply equally well to other North American cities - including ours. Worth reading not becuase he says anything especially new or different - but it is good writing. For example Houston [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is impossible to deny the incredible significance of the internet and the effects its development has had on the world. Today the internet touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives; we shop online, we keep in touch through email, banking and credit can be taken care of through one click of a mouse, news from all over the world blinks up at us from the screen every time we log on, and communities...
Times Online - Alan Coren (Free subscription) | yesterday
At the time of the last energy shock in the 1970s, Sheikh Yamani, the shrewd Saudi Oil Minister, famously told his greedier Opec colleagues that they would encourage replacement of oil by other energy sources and kill the golden goose that had made them wealthy if they kept pushing the oil price too high. “Remember,” he said, “the Stone Age didn't end because the cavemen ran out of stone.”
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Ah, truth. Courtney Love, Pete Doherty, Steven Tyler, Tatum O'Neal, Britney Spears and Robert Downey Jr. all have struggled with drug abuse and addiction. But they are just the tip of the iceberg, says Southern California's addictionologist to the stars, Dr. Drew Pinsky, whose forays into celebdom include a gig hosting VH1's D-list heavy "Celebrity Rehab." "Today, in the celebrity world, we're seeing...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Ontario's push to allow Las Vegas-style sports gambling in casinos in a bid to boost sagging revenues is an irresponsible move that could deepen a troubling trend of gambling addiction in the province, critics said Thursday.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
People who smoke skunk, the extra strong cannabis grown in hothouse conditions, are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis that those who take the milder forms such as hash (cannabis resin), a new study has found. The study, which was carried out at the Institute of Psychiatry and presented this week to delegates at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, looked at the links between...
Absolutely Fabulous (Free subscription) | yesterday
Motley Crue just kicked off their Cruefest tour. Tommy Lee, Nikki Six, Mick Mars and Vince Neil look decades older, but they continue to rock despite drinking problems, drug addiction, bad marriages and the like. Photo Licensing by GumGum | © SplashNews The band opened their tour at the Cruzan Ampitheather in West Palm Beach, Florida. Buckcherry [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
One of the most comprehensive studies on the minimum drinking age shows that laws aimed at preventing consumption of alcohol by those under 21 have significantly reduced drinking-related fatal car crashes.
DATA news (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Iran’s government has been more supportive of drug treatment than any other government in the Islamic world, according to the U.N.
TIME: Top Science and Health Storie (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Quitting cigarettes can only do a body good, but do former smokers ever fully recover from years of addiction?
Transpontine (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
The Man from Catford is apparently calling it a day. Shame, but we'll see... I've known a few people to retire from blogging whose addiction kicks back in sooner rather than later. Meanwhile Slightly Lost in the World seems to have not only ceased posting but deleted the entire blog - the end of that particular gay cyclist perspective on Brockley life. I can understand the sense of getting sick of...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Researchers say psychedelic drug could treat alcoholism, drug addiction.
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
In one of his State of the Nation (or is it Union') Address, President George W. Bush, the Texan-in-boots mentioned in his speech the word “addiction to oil” which, according to him would be given importance by adopting new strategy to find alternative fuel sources and gradually give America some relief from oil dependence. But after that promising speech was made, addiction to oil remains a big problem...
Heart Attack Warning Signs (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Alcohol or drug abuse affects 25 million Americans; only four million get treatment The need in this country for increased insurance coverage for alcohol and drug addiction treatment is indisputable. Drug rehab and drug detox have little or no recognition among health insurers, yet drug addiction is a major cause of ruined lives, family violence, [...]
