Social Media, Landmark Tech Addiction Trial
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The plaintiff’s lawyer in a landmark social media addiction trial tried to connect Adam Mosseri’s compensation with Instagram’s policy toward filters.
I was minding my own business eating pickles, this triggered a gag reflex,' said one horrified fan of the recently revived TLC reality show.
Results showed that problematic mobile phone, social media and video game use is associated with depression, ADHD, conduct problems, suicidal behavior and sleep problems. Tweens addicted to their mobile phones or social media also were more likely to drink, smoke or use weed, researchers found.
‘My ketamine addiction got me locked up in Japan – it isn’t the innocent party drug people think it is’ - Izabel Rose said her five-month detention abroad was ‘traumatic’ but helped her overcome a dangerous ketamine addiction.
She told Mary that she’d started taking Ozempic for weight loss. “If I have more than two beers now, I go outside and barf,” the friend said. Mary was perplexed. Ozempic, or semaglutide, originated as a diabetes medicine;
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight cities.
Gina Roberts folds up blankets on her bed in the sober home where she’s been living in Providence, R.I. on Feb. 2. She has already begun moving things into a new apartment, a hard-won milestone for Gina, 41, who has been struggling with severe alcoholism for much of her adult life.
Piedmont Macon Behavioral Health provides inpatient and outpatient programs, therapy, and resources for those struggling with substance use and addiction.