Jan 28 Watch 7:28 Why a promising heroin addiction treatment is unavailable in many states By PBS News Hour More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 6:27 Why is there rampant heroin addiction among Myanmar’s jade miners? By PBS News Hour In northern Myanmar, there's an epidemic of heroin addiction and HIV infection among workers who mine for jade. Some believe the government is encouraging the use of drugs as a weapon against their people. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dan Levin… Continue watching
Oct 15 Scientists diagnose first person with Google Glass addiction By Colleen Shalby Scientists have diagnosed the first known case of an Internet addiction disorder brought on by the use of Google Glass. Continue reading
Apr 11 ‘We want you to get addicted:’ App-maker overcomes his own cell-phone addiction By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy How many hours a day do you spend on your phone or tablet? How often do you check Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or other social media sites? College students check their phones an average of 60 times a day, and send… Continue reading
Apr 10 ‘The Big Book’ that gave alcoholics hope in 12 steps turns 75 By Dr. Howard Markel April 10, 1939, marks the publication date of “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism.” One of the best-selling books of all time (it has sold more than 30 million copies),… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch FDA designs new smoking prevention ad strategy to target teens By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Why more Americans are getting high — and overdosing — on heroin By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 20 Treating China’s Internet addicts By News Desk As Internet addiction increases in many countries, new forms of treatment are being developed. Photo by Flickr user Marc oh! In Daxing, a suburb outside of Beijing, an addiction treatment center is guarded by walls topped… Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Vermont gov. confronts deadly heroin crisis as public health problem Vermont gov. confronts deadly heroin crisis as public health problem… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch Saturday, December 7, 2013 By PBS News Hour Veterans addicted to pain medicine, long-term youth unemployment, Mandela's jail cell. Continue watching