Addiction

INFORMATION
Bits & Pieces about Addiction
Ask Erowid: Will rats really keep taking cocaine til they die?
Definitions of Addiction, Physical Dependence, & Tolerance
Peter McDermott's Do-It-Yourself Detox
McDermott's Guide to Drug Treatment
Alcohol Withdrawal Assessment
Societal costs of alcohol & drug use


JOURNAL ARTICLES
Index of Addiction Journal Articles & Abstracts
Relative Addiction Potentials of Various Drugs


WRITINGS
On the Nature of Addiction


EXPERIENCES
My Odyssey with the Devil's Dandruff
The Sleeping Tiger of LSD
Thanks Ecstasy
My Friend Harry
K Confessions
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MEDIA
Brain Images of Addiction Show Its Neural Basis - NY Times, Aug 1996
Hardest Habit to Break: Memories of the High - NY Times, Oct 27 1998
An Evolving Definition of Addiction - NY Times, Aug 2, 1994


RELATED VAULTS
Methadone Vault
Ibogaine Vault
Health Vault
Heroin Vault
Cocaine Vault
Alcohol Vault
Tobacco & Nicotine Vault

OFFSITE ADDICTION RESOURCES

SECONDARY RESOURCES
Daily Dose : Addiction News
The Stanton Peele Addiction Website
Addiction Recovery Foundation (U.K.)
Addiction Treatment Forum (opioid-centric)
American Society of Addiction Medicine


TREATMENT HELP
Recovery Online - Index of Self-help Recovery Groups
SAMHSA : Substance Abuse Help for Individuals


RESEARCH
Literature Review of Studies on the Economic Costs of Substance Abuse
NIDA : Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the U.S. - 1992
Addiction Keeps Its Own Clock - June 2005


GOVERNMENT SITES
Canadian Center on Substance Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
NIDA : Treatment Research