A Sobering Story: Addicts Must Confront Their Demons, Experts Say

A Sobering Story: Addicts must confront their demons, experts say
To understand what alcoholism and drug addiction are, it’s necessary to first understand what they aren’t — a character flaw, a moral weakness, or a personal decision on the part of an inherently bad person. drug addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug-Addicted Pregnant Women
Tennessee's legislature gave its approval a bill that would criminalize some drug-addicted pregnant women, depending on the outcome of their pregnancy. The bill, if signed into law, would allow prosecutors to charge a woman with an "assaultive offense or homicide" if she takes illegal narcotics during her pregnancy, if "the child is born addicted, is harmed, or dies because of the drug." The … drug addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Matthew Perry and Peter Hitchens clash on Newsnight over drugs policy
Friends star calls British columnist 'Santa' and a 'Peter Pan' fantasist for denying that addiction is real The Friends star Matthew Perry and the British newspaper columnist Peter Hitchens have clashed over drugs policy, with Perry calling his opponent's questioning of the existence of drug addiction "as ludicrous as saying Peter Pan is real". The pair were part of a debate on specialist courts … drug addiction – Yahoo News Search Results