During opening statements, attorneys framed Jackson's prescription drug addiction through the prism of his superstar status.
The American Medical Association classified alcoholism (and drug addiction) as a disease in 1956.
The Durham-based writer also wrote last year's play, an exploration of drug addiction and HIV.
He said the council also noted that a "more ambitious approach was needed" in drug addiction recovery.
Based in Paris and Los Altos, California, it is devoted solely to developing treatments for alcoholism and drug addiction.
Sandi Jackson has firmly denied her husband had attempted suicide or was receiving help for alcohol or drug addiction.
What of her ex-husband, Fielder-Civil, who has been serving a lengthy jail sentence for burglary related to his drug addiction?
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He believes that psychiatric problems, such as schizophrenia, drug addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder generally arise from irregular brain development.
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However, Dr Wood said drug addiction was far more common - and had much more profound implications for health and criminality.
During her time on the hit CBS comedy, which ran from 1975 to 1984, she battled drug addiction and underwent drug rehabilitation.
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Author Jeet Thayil has won the DSC Prize for South Asian literature for Narcopolis, his Booker-nominated debut novel about drug addiction in Mumbai.
Science has shown that drug addiction is not a moral failing but rather a disease of the brain that can be prevented and treated.
On Tuesday, the Times published an account of Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi's speech before a UN forum on fighting drug addiction in Tehran.
Bob Probert was one of the most feared enforcers in the game, playing 16 seasons in the NHL despite struggles with alcohol and drug addiction.
The report said families counted as "troubled" had to exhibit certain characteristics - none of which actually related to alcohol or drug addiction or criminality.
Speaking about the programme at the time, Prime Minister David Cameron referred to 120, 000 families who were plagued by drug addiction, alcohol dependency and crime.
The defence said he had a personality disorder and drug addiction, but the prosecution has said he wanted money and did not consider the consequences.
Ortiz and his lawyer told reporters later Monday that he was upset because he thought Jameson had relapsed in her rehabilitation from a prescription drug addiction.
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Obesity runs in families--genes alone can predict up to 40% of the chance of becoming severely overweight--and overeating seems linked to other family-related disorders such as alcoholism and drug addiction.
In 1994 Pouletty formed his third biotech startup and named it DrugAbuse Sciences, basing it in Paris and Los Altos, Calif. and devoting it solely to developing treatments for alcohol and drug addiction.
The centre, which is run by Quarriers, has beds for 14 needy young people who, as well as being homeless, often have alcohol or drug addiction problems or mental health issues.
Until recently, drug addiction in Vietnam was usually associated with ethnic minorities in the highlands, who have been traditional smokers of opium and have long cultivated it as an important cash crop.
The point is to show these residents that they are part of a larger society that can give them the tools to break cycles of drug addiction, mental illness or domestic abuse that ensnare them, Stadnik said.
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Since I am not an expert on addiction or the impact of drug addiction on pregnancy, I thought it would be best to bring in my fellow CNNHealth contributors to help answer this question in three parts.
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By supporting Phoenix Multisport financially, donors can make recovery possible for millions nationally and we can break the cycle of addiction so future generations don't have to grow up under the shadow of alcoholism or drug addiction.
According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the proportion of people who admit to having used cannabis in Britain has fallen more quickly than in any other European country over the past few years.
Second, keeping drugs out of the hands of children is the best way to prevent drug addiction generally, as study after study has confirmed that if we keep a child drug free until age 21, the chances of use in adulthood are next to zero.
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Christopher Owens, one of the co-leaders of the operation, was a talented songwriter and a made-to-order rock star: he had been raised in the Children of God cult, whose refusal to accept modern medicine contributed to the death of his brother, and he had spent his teens struggling with drug addiction.
Before his latest adventure, 68-year-old Fiennes described polar exploration as a drug or addiction.
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