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Binge Drinking for Teens and Over-65S ‘Harms Brain Health’

By Eilish O'Regan — 2020

Experts have pin-pointed three key time periods in life when the effects of alcohol are likely to have their greatest impact on brain health.

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Teen athletes less likely to abuse opioids, study finds

Physically active teens are less likely to abuse opioids than non-athletes, study finds. Teens who play high-injury sports still need to be monitored, researcher says.

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Aria Hangyu Chen and Special to CNN
2016
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Yahoo Sports: ‘Why Not Roll the Dice?’ Lamar Odom’s Risky Road Back from Addiction and Depression

It is now more than five years since Odom’s drug abuse prematurely ended his NBA career, destroyed his marriage to Khloe Kardashian and left him comatose for three days in a Las Vegas hospital.

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Jeff Eisenberg
2021
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How Painkillers Are Turning Young Athletes Into Heroin Addicts

A special report from L. Jon Wertheim and Ken Rodriguez on the rising use and abuse of heroin among young athletes across the U.S. and the connection between sports, painkillers and heroin addiction.

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L. Jon Wertheim and Ken Rodriguez
2015
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For N.F.L. Retirees, Opioids Bring More Pain

A brutal game got them hooked on painkillers. In retirement, they battle addiction. The opioid crisis courses through football.

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Ken Belson
2019
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Can Extreme Sports Become Addictive?

Rock climbing as an addiction.

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Mark D. Griffiths
2019
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Surprising Link Between Athletics and Addiction

While investigating the idealized benefits between sport and addiction, researchers found that the prevalence of substance abuse in some sports communities, in fact, creates a greater risk of addictions for people already vulnerable to them.

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University of Alberta
2017
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