Slash From Guns N’ Roses Talks About Addiction

Slash from Guns N’ Roses Talks about Addiction – MusiCares® talks to Slash from Guns N’ Roses about coming to terms with his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Struggling with different types of addiction; Slash broke through the denial, found help and overcame his addictions. MusiCares® also provides addiction recovery support through its Safe Harbor Room. MusiCares® established its first Safe Harbor Room backstage at the 39th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast to provide a support system to artists and crew members struggling with addiction issues. Please help MusiCares® continue with this important work. Donate to MusiCares & enter to win tickets to the 2012 GRAMMYS! (No purchase necessary)

Rolling Dice and Flashing Lights: How Your Brain Gets Addicted to Risk

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Gambling isn't the only activity that can help your NAcc skew your ACC's perceptions of risks and rewards, either; drug or alcohol abuse, or even falling in love, can dump large doses of chemicals like dopamine and glutamate into your brain and …
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Marijuana legalization 'not sending a good message,' drug czar says

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President Barack Obama's point man on drug policy made a quick stop in Portland this week, meeting privately with a wide range of community leaders to talk about Oregon's prescription drug abuse epidemic. But R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the …
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State legislator presents bill mandating drug testing for Oklahomans filing …

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"I know that my constituents do not want to support a drug addiction with tax dollars.” Last year's welfare bill passed the House with an inclusion mandating Oklahoma legislators to be tested before failing in the Senate. The revised bill had no …
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