Inside the brains of addicts

Published January 6, 2014

Inside the brains of addicts

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“I think addiction treatment is moving in the direction of acceptance that addictions have a brain basis – that they are not just a disorder of choice or a moral failing,” said F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., division chair of addiction psychiatry in the VCU …
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Texas judge pressured to give 'affluenza' teen drunk driver jail time (+video)

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Last week, Judge Boyd sentenced Ethan to 10 years of probation and a stay at an exclusive California drug treatment facility instead of the 20 years in prison that prosecutors had demanded. The facility uses one-on-one treatment and activities such as …
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