As a country, we are addicted to using a Victorian invention to tackle 21st century problems and the results of our custodial obsession have brought the penal system to its knees.
As long as the whole scientific endeavor is addicted to using journal titles as an indicator of quality and import, the people who control those indicators have incredible power not only to dictate the way that publishing works, but to dictate what type of science gets done.
In his book "Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America," William L. White recounts how in the 1800's, countless "medications" like Knights' Tonics for Inebriates promised to remove "the craving for a stimulant that those who have been addicted to the use of ardent spirits know so well".
It is possible that PWID in our study began using heroin through snorting and thus may have already been addicted to heroin and likely using daily when they transitioned to injecting.
At his trial last December Keach told a judge he had been addicted to cocaine since January of last year, using the drug "as a means of trying to alleviate exhaustion". The judge turned down his appeal for leniency and sentenced Keach to nine months in prison.
It is important to note that sync only works right now for Echofon Pro users, but if you've been addicted to Echofon, hopefully you are using that anyway.
Most if not all were addicted to opioids — using heroin, prescription painkillers or both.
In South Korea, one of the most digitally advanced nations in the world, government estimates 2.55 million people are addicted to smartphone (using them for more than eight hours a day).
Some states are taking the war on opioids into veterinarians' offices, aiming to prevent people who are addicted to opioids from using their pets to procure drugs for their own use.
But by then the firm was addicted to the stuff, using it as raw material for collateralized debt obligations it could package and sell for rich fees.
