Internet, It’s a Helluva Drug: Internet Addiction Has Same Effect as Cocaine on Brain

Internet is the new cocaine. A new brain scan study found that not only can the internet be addicting, but it can also cause similar brain changes that occur with alcoholics and drug addicts. Researchers compared brain scans ... continue

Wife Sells Husband on Craigslist

We've all been there. A spouse pisses us off. We shout at them. They shout at us. We put them up for auction on the Internet. A Utah wife, for example, recently put her husband up for sale ... continue

Heavy Meth Use Linked To Schizophrenia

Researchers at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health believe they have found a possible link between the heavy use of methamphetamines and schizophrenia. Using hospital records obtained from 1990 through 2000 at a California hospital researchers compared results from ... continue

Former WWE Star Tyson Tomko Robs CVS Pharmacy, Shoots Up In Chili’s Bathroom

Former WWE Star Tyson Tomko was arrested in Florida on Monday after he was caught injecting stolen pain medicine while hiding out in a Chili's restaurant bathroom. Tomko, a wrestler from 2002 through 2009 has been accused of ... continue

Addiction Vaccines May Be Closer Than We Think Says Researchers

Fighting addiction can be a life long battle for many people, sometimes resulting in death or bodily harm but researchers hope to end addition battles with a new round of addiction vaccines. Dr. Kim D. Janda, a professor ... continue

Heroin addiction? There’s a vaccine for that. [Video]

If this does actually pan out it could be the best thing to happen in a long time when it comes to dealing with heroin addiction, which has returned to being in vogue in recent years. When it ... continue

Addiction Treatment: A New Way To Look At An Old Problem

The ground breaking article from the NY Times, "Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment" finally gets it right. After years, if not decades, of blaming the victims of drug addiction, this refreshing and important article makes the ... continue

Study: Kids With ADHD More Likely to Develop Substance Abuse Problems

Data collected from two previous studies suggests children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are far more likely to become dependent on certain substances, including alcohol, cigarettes and drugs. The studies revealed that kids with ADHD were one and ... continue

Mike Tyson can help you beat that Angry Birds addiction

Personally I don't get the whole angry Birds thing but then I don't get doing crack either but for those of you who have succumbed to the Angry Birds addiction Mike Tyson is offering to help you ... continue

Girl gives boy World of Warcraft: Cataclysm … but there’s a catch

Clever girl. [Furious Fanboys, via Digg] continue

Customers who buy Call of Duty 4 also bought …

You know you play too much Call of Duty when ... [Via The Daily What] continue

The grave consequences of too much StarCraft II …

So long, Goldie. Wherever your fishy soul is heading, here's hoping it has the fish flakes StealthEngy forgot to feed you because he was too damn busy Zerg rushing. RIP. See also: Dude gets weepy after queuing 24 ... continue

Which is it – Internet addiction or global connectivity?

It's almost given. Give a human being something new to play with and chances are they will get carried away and pour all their attention into that thing. This is why we have things like sports fans ... continue

Elton John says he’s helping Eminem kick drugs

Eminem, who came under fire in the early 00s for homophobic lyrics, is being helped off drugs by out and proud Sir Elton John, John told the BBC. Elton didn't disclose the details of Eminem's addiction, but the ... continue

Tennis star Andy Murray dumped over PlayStation 3 addiction

Don't ever accuse me of not bringing you the hardest-hitting gaming news out there, reader. According to the Daily Telegraph, slightly whingey, snaggle-toothed Scottish tennis star Andy Murray has been given the boot by girlfriend Kim Sears over ... continue

Tara Reid In Rehab

Tara Reid has checked herself into rehab. The Promises Treatment Centre in Malibu California. Apparently its the in place to do your rehab if you are a Hollywood starlet or in this case wannabe. Reid’s representative Jack ... continue

Amy Winehouse Interviewed by Intercom

Amy Winehouse, the trainwreck that nobody can look away from has been interviewed over the intercom, in 6 minutes of cringe worthy entertainment, disguised as journalism. The Youtube video helpfully has a translation, if you like, don't understand ... continue

We tried telling Gramps that gaming was addictive

Well okay maybe not Gramps but with most young people thinking that anyone over the age of 30 is just way too old to be cool or a gamer I thought it worked. The point is that ... continue