Megan Carpentier, Air America Media. October 22, 2009. Occupy the world's largest heroin producer in Afghanistan and it's no wonder the methadone clinics are overpacked -- but the military is mum on the subject.
Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. December 12, 2008. New research shows sugar addiction is real. Lab rats coming off it exhibit some of the same behavior as junkies in need of a fix.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 18, 2008. Smoking is an addiction, not a choice. The public has long known this. Finally, Congress is catching on.
Charles Shaw, AlterNet. April 11, 2008. The pattern of out-of-control consumption in the U.S. is not too different from the well-known behavioral patterns of substance abusers.
Paul Armentano, AlterNet. March 22, 2008. It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.
Ethan Nadelmann, Foreign Policy. December 20, 2007. Rhetoric should not be driving drug policy. Legalization would strip addiction down to what it really is: a health issue.
Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Women's eNews. September 17, 2007. Tabloid entertainment media makes young female celebrities with drug problems seem chic while trivializing the depth of the addictions that they, along with thousands of other women, face.
