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We all know of the power of positive thinking, but new research demonstrates that for some people, positive thinking can lead to feeling worse. Chanting positive mantras may be a self help technique that hurts, instead of helps.

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Opiate pain medications caused 33% more overdose fatalities in 2008 than in 2007 – Experts point to Florida laws that allow for the easy prescribing of these potent medications. The top 25 oxycodone prescribing doctors in America are all Floridians.

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Jackson’s former nutritionist and nurse claims that Jackson asked her on many occasions for Diprivan, a medication used to induce anesthesia in surgical procedures.

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While the toxicology reports have not yet revealed the cause of death, LA police seemingly believe that prescriptions drugs played at least a role in the incident, and have been interviewing doctors who supplied Jackson with his medications.

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Dr. Deepak Chopra, rails against a culture of Hollywood doctors that provide narcotic medications in exchange for continuing access to a celebrity's inner circle. Dr. Conrad Murray, however, denies ever administering or prescribing opiates to Jackson.

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Alcohol’s influence on early death has grown since the year 2000, attributable largely to an increase in drinking by women, and overall increases in developing countries such as India and China.

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Those close to Jackson suggest that a long time addiction to Demerol and other opiate medications caused his shocking sudden death.

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They come, they eat some opium and they wander around in the fields making stoned crop circles. It’s a problem.

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An Australian randomized control study that evaluated internet based therapy for depression reveals that net-based counseling works about as well as in-person therapy.

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About a quarter of people who commit suicide do so while legally drunk (with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or higher) and about a third of suicide victims have at least some alcohol in their bodies.

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Despite research over the past number of years that has produced a greater understanding of the kinds of interventions that reduce excessive drinking on college campuses, the fatality and binge drinking rates continue to rise.

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American soldiers have been at war and in active combat for 8 years, and the strains of such a long military deployment are taking a very human toll.

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Dante Stallworth got into his 2005 Bentley with a BAC of 0.126 and drove into Mario Reyes, killing the 59 year old construction worker. For his crime, the NFL receiver will serve 30 days in county jail.

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Max and Jose Colon spent a night in jail after arresting officers reported buying cocaine from the 2 that they described as drug dealers. Surveillance camera footage proves the brothers' innocence and leads to charges against the arresting officers.

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American Drug Czar, Alan Bersin, warned Mexican cartel leaders against targeting either US or Mexican law enforcement, and warned of a significant response for those that do.

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