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Scientists hope weight-loss drugs could treat addiction and dementia

Medications with semaglutide such as Ozempic and Wegovy are being studied to see if they can help other conditions

The Guardian - UK

Painkiller Director Describes What It Feels Like To Take OxyContin, And How His Drug Use Helped Him Portray The Opioid Struggle

Painkiller's director Peter Berg described what it feels like to take OxyContin, and how that helped them portray the opioid struggle in the Netflix series.

Cinemablend

"Greedy evil" birthed the opioid crisis

Director Pete Berg on the addiction and devastation that drug companies cause: "The death and the pain are real"

Salon

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Is 'love addiction' *actually* a thing? We spoke to dating experts about the phenomenon—and how to break free of toxicity

Raquel Leviss said she suffered from 'love addiction' on Bethenny Frankel's podcast, but what does it entail exactly?

My Imperfect Life

Lily Allen says fame became ‘an addiction in itself’ at height of alcohol and drug misuse

Singer said that the adult years before she got sober ‘just feel like a bit of a haze’

The Independent UK

President launches 'My Bengal, Addiction Free Bengal' campaign in Kolkata

President Droupadi Murmu here on Thursday launched the 'My Bengal, Addiction Free Bengal' campaign under the 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan' organised by Brahma Kumaris. Read further on Dynamite News.

Dynamite News

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka Today newsletter: State to study mobile phone addiction among children, and more

The Hindu

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KSCPCR to study mobile phone addiction among children in Karnataka

K. Naganna Gowda, Chairperson of KSCPCR, told The Hindu, “...during Covid-19 and post-pandemic, schools were conducting classes online. Children are now addicted to mobile phones. Even if Covid-19 pandemic is eradicated from India, there are no signs that this mobile obsession will end.”

The Hindu

Form of gene therapy offers hope for severe alcohol addiction, study finds

US research linked to dopamine release finds macaques decreased consumption by up to 90% after treatment

The Guardian - UK

Caring for people with fentanyl addiction often means treating terrible wounds

The fentanyl-additive Xylazine causes open wounds, making the illegal drug supply even more dangerous and treatment more complicated

WEKU

Three-day national conference on Clinical Psychology begins at NIMHANS

NIMHANS: NIMHANS hosts 3-day Clinical Psychology conf. to discuss challenges, opps. in Mental Health. State Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao launches “CPSI – Psycho Legal Aid Cell” & releases books, posters on Internet addiction. NIMHANS Director Partima Murthy traces journey of Clinical Psychology in India. Jamuna Rajeswaran stresses need for…

The Hindu

Why Do The Disclaimers In Netflix’s Painkiller Include Families Who Have Been Impacted By OxyContin Addiction? The Producers Explained.

Netflix's Painkiller features disclaimers read by families who have been impacted by OxyContin, and the producers explained why.

Cinemablend

Robert De Niro’s Daughter Breaks Silence About Her Son’s Death, Struggles With Drugs

Robert De Niro’s daughter speaks about the death of her son and his struggle with drugs.

Cinemablend

Fast-paced ‘Painkiller’ depicts the making, selling and often devastating effects of OxyContin

Netflix limited series recounts Purdue Pharma’s work on the addictive drug from the perspective of its leader, some sellers, an investigator and a victim.

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The Hindu

KSCPCR constitutes 10 teams to study mobile overuse among children

KSCPCR forms 10 teams to study mobile addiction among children in Karnataka. Teams to comprise doctors, parents, paediatricians and experts to submit report after 3-month survey. Commission to urge State govt. to provide exclusive bus facilities for schoolchildren.

WEKU

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants

We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

The Hindu

SPC celebrates 14th anniversary

CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated 14th anniversary of Student Police Cadet (SPC) project in Thiruvananthapuram. He said young generation plays key role in realising Nava Kerala. SPC activities focus on overcoming challenges like cybercrime, mobile addiction and substance abuse. CM earmarked ₹15 crore for SPC activities and released video of SPC…

The Independent UK

Streetcat Named Bob author says he’ll be ‘homeless’ again after mortgage rates ‘shot through the roof’

The ‘A Street Cat Named Bob’ writer says he had to sell his home

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Casualty EXCLUSIVE: Kirsty Mitchell on Faith Cadogan’s ‘horrendous lie’

Casualty star Kirsty Mitchell exclusively reveals Faith Cadogan’s cancer lie could bring about her downfall.

WEKU

Only 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study finds

Overdose deaths from fentanyl and other opioids have surged but medications that could save thousands of lives "are sitting on the shelf unused," according to new research.

France 24

In Philadelphia, skin-rotting drug ‘tranq’ invades a neighbourhood already devastated by opioids

Drug users in the Philadelphia neighbourhood of Kensington have increasingly been turning towards a drug called xylazine, or “tranq”, a veterinary sedative often mixed with other drugs such as heroin or fentanyl. But when people begin to use the substance, it quickly causes horrific damage to their bodies – including…

WhatToWatch

Casualty exclusive: Kirsty Mitchell on Faith Cadogan’s dangerous drug spiral

Casualty exclusive with spoilers: Kirsty Mitchell reveals what’s at the heart of Faith Cadogan’s spiralling drug addiction, as the nurse’s cancer lie comes to light.

The Times of India

Health impairing effects of alcohol on women

Alcohol and Women: Risks and Challenges

Fortune

60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addiction also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder

“If you think that you do not have anyone in recovery or with substance-use [issues] in your business, you’re either too small, or you’re mistaken.”

Evening Standard

Dennis Quaid says religion helped him get through years of cocaine addiction

The 69-year-old ‘spiritual journey’ is detailed in his new gospel album

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