addiction
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Journavx, the first of a new class of non-opioid pain medications that the agency has approved in two decades, could reduce opioid addictions and chronic pain.
The Princess of Wales has called for an end to the "stigma" surrounding addiction, and urged people to offer "empathy and support" to those dependent on alcohol, drugs or gambling.
From BBC
In our testing, it helped break our addiction to the endless scroll, and transformed our phones from sources of anxiety to tools for productivity.
In this place, Buchanan was just another resident, a man trying hard to free himself from the addiction to alcohol that troubled him more than any of the fearsome fighters he spoke about that day.
From BBC
Fentanyl addiction and homelessness haunt this New Mexico town.
From Los Angeles Times
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