Dr Stanton Peele on Addiction: What Is Addiction?

Dr Stanton Peele on Addiction: What is Addiction? – Dr. Stanton Peele provides a definition of addiction, and discusses the notion that addictive behaviors are diseases.

Lou Reed: Iron glove, Velvet fist

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Least encouragingly of all, there was his more recent response to Vanity Fair magazine, when asked to give his definition of abject misery – 'being interviewed by an English journalist'. Next month, Reed will be appearing in Britain, performing his …
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Pornography on mobile devices fueling addiction, brokenness

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… mobile content … will reach almost a quarter of a billion users in 2017, at 243 million users. This is attributable to an emphasis on high-definition, niche-centric product, as well as the flourishing availability of mobile-optimized free content …
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New Zealand's bold experiment with regulating recreational drugs

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By contrast, New Zealand's new laws specify that products with "low risk" of death, other harms or addiction must be approved — and leaves it up to a scientific committee to define the precise nature and appropriate definition of "low risk." Drugs …
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