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By Sue Smith
It figures: I get clean and start having crazy anxiety attacks. But here are some sobriety-friendly remedies. MORE
All over the world, women have always had lower rates of addiction than men. But when women gain more rights as nations grow richer, they begin to catch up; in one drug type, they're already ahead. MORE
Lots of drugs, illegal or not, are lethal on their own. But mixing more than one can often (unexpectedly) kill you much faster. The Fix presents some matches made in Hell. MORE
By Kevin Gray
For the past 100 years, car crashes have been the nation's leading cause of accidental death. Now, for the first time, more Americans die from prescription pills—including ten very popular meds. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Hospitals Keep Running Out of Drugs, California's Smoking Rate Hits Record Lows, and the Pros and Cons of Benzodiazepines. MORE
Once you're In the middle of a full-blown four-day bender, stopping cold turkey can endanger your life. So how do you revert from insane over-indulgence to some semblance of sobriety? Our resident doctor's five-step guide offers some useful tips. MORE
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