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We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can be as habit-forming as cocaine, researchers tell us, and social media apps are hooking our kids. But what can we do to resist temptations that insidiously and deliberately rewire our brains? Nothing, David Courtwright says, unless we understand the history and character of the global enterprises that create and cater to our bad habits.

When two Stanford graduate students set out to create a new kind of cigarette that wouldn’t kill them, they didn’t foresee all the obstacles that lay ahead — or the powerful forces their invention would unleash. Nearly 10 years after the launch of the JUUL, Backfired: The Vaping Wars asks: Could e-cigarettes have been the solution to one of the world’s most pressing public health problems—or was this technology doomed to introduce a whole new generation to nicotine, and end up perpetuating an intractable addiction?

AOA Malitia TV is a raw, unfiltered culture news and reaction podcast powered by Art of Addiction Media and hosted by Kenzo Picasso. This show explores the real addiction behind modern culture — the addiction to money, fame, clout, drugs, attention, and power — and how it plays out across hip-hop, drill music, streamers, internet personalities, and street culture. Each episode breaks down the latest trending stories in hip-hop and rap news, drill music and street conflicts, rap beefs and industry drama, YouTube and Twitch streamer controversies, viral internet clips and social media ...

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I've got a Pickleball Addiction. I created this podcast to document my journey in Pickleball, capture video diaries of events I attend, and interview the people who are helping promote the sport. This podcast covers pickleball in the UK, USA, Europe and around the world.

In this New York Times bestseller Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private...

This Week in Addiction Medicine is an audio summary of the recent top stories and research articles from the field of addiction medicine. Intended to serve as an accompaniment to the ASAM Weekly newsletter or as a stand-alone resource, This Week covers recent publications in addiction medicine research.

The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking heights; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide, or gun violence. Fentanyl—a potent, inexpensive, and easy-to-manufacture synthetic opioid—has thoroughly contaminated the drug supply, and while it frequently makes front page news across the country, it remains poorly understood by policymakers and the public. In Fentanyl Nation, recovery advocate Ryan Hampton separates the facts from the fiction surrounding Fentanyl, and shows how overdose deaths are ultimately policy failures.

One of Harvard Public Health Magazine's Best Public Health Books of the Year Profiles in Mental Health Courage portrays the dramatic journeys of a diverse group of Americans who have struggled with their mental health. This book offers deeply compelling stories about the bravery and resilience...

"Darkly humorous" is an understatement when it comes to this tale of addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and redemption. Jared Klickstein, the child of two heroin addicts who eventually became addicted himself, takes listeners on a raw and personal journey from his unsettling and secretive childhood in the suburbs to the slums of Skid Row. Through tales of violence, relapse, and deep inner struggle, Klickstein provides a harrowing account of his personal encounter with near-death.

Jane’s Addiction: A Biography of Chaos, Creativity, and Controversy Few bands have encapsulated the chaotic energy and creative spirit of alternative rock quite like Jane’s Addiction. Rising out of the vibrant Los Angeles underground scene in the mid-1980s, the band became a symbol of musical rebellion, blending punk rock, hard rock, and psychedelic sounds into something entirely their own. They were pioneers of the alternative rock movement, combining raw, visceral emotion with a sense of artistry that transcended genre boundaries. Over the years, Jane's Addiction's music and members have...

Now in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Your host EggMan Ronnie James, is a Radio Legend in many South Florida Radio markets. he is a internet radio pioneer and co-created the Conservative talk format POWERTALK 1420 WDJA Bringing in Don Imus, Fox Laura Ingraham and Bill O'Reilly. Powertalk was then purchased by a Caribbean Radio company thus began EggMans 7 year run Reggae Show. Email The EggMan at RadioAddiction@mail.com

L'addiction ne concerne pas uniquement des substances, mais aussi des pratiques. Six personnes nous ont raconté leur période de consommation: comment l'addiction s'est immiscée dans leur quotidien, comment elle a pris toute la place, et surtout comment elles s'en sont sorties. Cocaïne, héroïne, night clubs, cannabis, alcool ou encore jeux vidéos, telles ont été les dépendances qu'ont réussi à vaincre les personnes interviewées dans ces podcasts.

"Can You Get over an Addiction?" is from the June 25, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Maia Szalavitz and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Author Dirk Eldredge demonstates how the drug war has led only to overcrowded courts and prisons, rising crime, official corruption, eroded civil rights and race relations, and new public-health crises. He makes the case for an alternative strategy: tightly controlled legalization accompanied by expanded drug education, prevention, research, and treatment programs.

"The Government's Addiction to 'Secret Law'" is from the October 18, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Elizabeth Goitein and narrated by Kristi Burns.

This Podcast brings together a stellar and diverse cast of educators, clinicians, and teachers who are experts in the field of addiction. Each week the hosts will discuss problems and solutions within the overarching theme of drug addiction. The goal of the podcast is to educate the audience and the show's participants on the complex nature and nuanced challenges in the area of drug addiction. Each week the show's guests will provide expert opinions and evidence-based solutions as they discuss some of the most confounding problems in addiction medicine today.

The purpose of our podcast is to help families learn the truth about addiction and alcoholism so that they can take the right action to help the addict they love and to help themselves at this critical time in their lives. Exposing the truth about addiction and alcoholism also requires that we bust the myths surrounding both addiction/alcoholism and the recovery process.

"Feed Your Olympic Addiction without Jetting off to Rio" is from the July 20, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Kit Eaton and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Fraction of Americans with Drug Addiction Receive Treatment, Surgeon General Says" is from the November 17, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Katharine Q. Seelye and narrated by Fleet Cooper.