Lulong (A Drug Addiction Documentary) – GREATWK S15 – Members: Mampusti, Ella Marcelo, Neil Francis

Video games are designed to get you hooked

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“They keep playing the game despite harmful consequences so, in my mind, absolutely, I believe it is the same disease as alcohol or drug addiction.” While the stereotypical video game player is a nerdy teenager, Fong says that plenty of adults also …
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Pakistan faces a growing opium scourge

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The supply of opium and heroin (an opium derivative) into Pakistan has significantly increased over the past five years, according to analysts, prompting a swell in drug use and addiction. Estimates of the number of Pakistani drug users currently range …
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My gambling addiction epiphany

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The disease model of addiction is so widely accepted, it has become dogma. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, director of the US Office of National Drug Control Policy, recently delivered a speech at the Betty Ford Center, in which he argued that drug …
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