addiction
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Gilhooly volunteers at a center that supports people struggling with addiction and homelessness, in a central Toronto area that has for decades been home to waves of immigrant groups.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Meta says it has removed adverts by law firms on its social media platforms which seek clients for future lawsuits related to social media addiction.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
These medications have reshaped how obesity and the overweight are treated and opened the door to a new scientific field that’s assessing GLP-1s for everything from osteoarthritis to alcohol addiction.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
But there’s a lot more to Meta than that product, including aggressive capital spending to keep up in the AI race and the loss of two landmark social-media addiction trials last month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
These days, the habit has become an addiction: we are hooked on living; the tenacity of its grip on us, and ours on it, grows in intensity.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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