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Man Found In City Apartment Died Of Alcoholism
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The man who was found dead in his Monroe apartment Tuesday died of alcoholism, officials said. Monroe Police Sgt. Chris Miller said an autopsy determined that Paul Kastl, 69, died of natural causes due to acute alcoholism. “It was not a homicide,” Sgt.
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Paul Gascoigne Gizza hand: Ailing star Gazza back in rehab after celeb friends …
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BNPS. Alcoholic Paul Gascoigne was last night heading back to rehab in the States – after celeb friends paid for the trip. Counsellors met with Gazza, 45, at his home yesterday and showbiz pals including DJ Chris Evans and Gary Lineker, clubbed …
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Can LSD be a Cure for Alcohol Addiction?

BY LIAM KEEGAN ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN Could LSD be a possible cure for alcoholism? Well — according to a Norwegian study, the psychedelic drug was used to treat alcoholics in the 1960s, and had “significant beneficial effects”. Now, Scientists Teri Krebs and Pal-Orjan Johanson say this controversial treatment should be revisited. ABC News reports their findings. “A single dose of LSD had a significant beneficial effect on alcohol misuse at the first reported follow-up assessment, which ranged from 1 to 12 months after discharge from each treatment program. The effect lasted about six months…Given the evidence for a beneficial effect of LSD on alcoholism, it is puzzling why this treatment approach has been largely overlooked.” Washington Universty addiction psychiatrist Dr. Richard Ries warned about the drug’s little-known side effects, but using one drug to fight addiction to another is not something new. My Healthy News Daily reports — “Look at heroin addiction – we use methadone, another type of opiate, and give it to people to prevent them from overdosing. But if you try to use these drugs out of these contexts, you get no effect. They are meant to be part of an addiction treatment program, not to replace it.” Former UK government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt tells BBC drug laws need to be relaxed in order to conduct productive research in this field. “Curing alcohol dependency requires huge changes in the way you see yourself. That’s what LSD does. Overall …

 

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