tldrdailynews.com logo
Tag

Addiction

All articles tagged with #addiction

Mother of Matthew Perry condemns ex-assistant for enabling fatal ketamine addiction
us-news5 days ago

Mother of Matthew Perry condemns ex-assistant for enabling fatal ketamine addiction

Suzanne Morrison, Matthew Perry’s mother, delivers a victim impact statement accusing his former assistant Kenneth Iwamasa of enabling his addiction and repeatedly injecting him with ketamine, contributing to Perry’s 2023 accidental death; Iwamasa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine and faces sentencing on May 27, with prosecutors noting he worked with others to illegally obtain and supply the drug.

via NBC News|
#addiction#kenneth-iwamasa#ketamine
Hulk Hogan’s final interview reveals extreme fentanyl use to fight pain
entertainment1 month ago

Hulk Hogan’s final interview reveals extreme fentanyl use to fight pain

Netflix’s Hulk Hogan: Real American features the late WWE icon admitting he used extreme amounts of fentanyl to cope with pain at the end of his career—including 80‑milligram doses, patches, and lollipops—driven by financial strain after his divorce; doctors told him he should be dead. Hogan died of a heart attack in 2025, and the docuseries released on April 22, 2026, recounts his darkest period alongside reflections from others like Eric Bischoff.

via New York Post|
#addiction#docuseries#entertainment
When the soundtrack never stops: is constant audio hijacking our attention?
lifestyle1 month ago

When the soundtrack never stops: is constant audio hijacking our attention?

A Washington Post piece reports Americans now listen to nearly four hours of audio daily, and experts warn that constant listening can be habit-forming and may alter brain chemistry; while audio can aid focus, excessive use can resemble screen-time addiction, prompting suggestions to cut back and build silence into daily routines.

via The Washington Post|
#addiction#anxiety#audio-consumption
New opioid DFNZ relieves pain with potentially lower addiction risk in rats
health1 month ago

New opioid DFNZ relieves pain with potentially lower addiction risk in rats

A Nature paper reports that a newly patented nitazene opioid, DFNZ, provides pain relief in rats with less risk of overdose and addiction signals than morphine: it causes less respiratory depression, does not trigger a large dopamine surge, and rats self-administering DFNZ showed milder withdrawal than those given morphine. In heroin self-administration tests, DFNZ and fentanyl reduced lever-pressing compared with placebo, suggesting potential uses for treating opioid use disorder. However, researchers caution that these are early animal results, and rigorous multi-phase clinical trials are needed to assess safety, efficacy, and appropriate dosing before any human use could be approved, likely a decade or more away.

via Live Science|
#addiction#dfnz#health
Clavicular Parts Ways With Publicist After Overdose Hospitalization
entertainment-news1 month ago

Clavicular Parts Ways With Publicist After Overdose Hospitalization

Clavicular’s publicist Mitchell Jackson has quit working with the influencer Branden Peters (Clavicular) days after his hospitalization for a suspected overdose, saying he won’t continue unless Peters seeks addiction treatment. Peters, known for the looksmaxxing community, attended a club event after the incident. The Hollywood Reporter confirms Jackson’s departure, with journalist Taylor Lorenz tweeting the update; Peters has also been at the center of other recent coverage about sobriety and unrelated headlines.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#addiction#clavicular#entertainment-news
The Pitt finale exposes doctors’ addiction battles and the road to real recovery
culture1 month ago

The Pitt finale exposes doctors’ addiction battles and the road to real recovery

Vox uses HBO’s The Pitt finale to illustrate that addiction can affect high‑performing clinicians, citing data that about 1 in 5 health‑care professionals engage in hazardous drinking, with pandemic‑era increases; Langdon’s return to the ER reveals trust and stigma issues, while the piece calls for stronger, stigma‑aware treatment and safer work environments to address root causes of physician burnout and substance use.

via vox.com|
#addiction#culture#doctors
When loneliness meets status: a path to online shopping addiction
addiction1 month ago

When loneliness meets status: a path to online shopping addiction

A study published in Deviant Behavior traces a four-stage sequence: loneliness prompts private coping through compensatory shopping, which then evolves into conspicuous consumption for social validation, culminating in online shopping addiction. Loneliness alone is not a direct cause; the chain leading to status signaling increases addiction risk. The research surveyed 364 Taiwanese online shoppers and used path analysis, but acknowledges limitations like cross-sectional data and cultural scope. The authors suggest longitudinal, cross-cultural work and platform-specific analyses to deepen understanding of how digital environments amplify these dynamics.

via PsyPost|
#addiction#compensatory-consumption#conspicuous-consumption
Lamar Odom: Surviving a Night That Could Have Ended Everything
sports1 month ago

Lamar Odom: Surviving a Night That Could Have Ended Everything

Netflix’s Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom revisits the 2015 Nevada brothel episode and Odom’s long battle with addiction, portraying a life defined as much by trauma and fame as by resilience. The documentary—and Kardashian’s candid participation—casts a raw, unsentimental light on his past, rejects a tidy hero narrative, and shows a man who survived against the odds while still seeking meaning, grappling with past mistakes and striving to rebuild with his children and ongoing rehab.

via The Guardian|
#addiction#khloe-kardashian#lamar-odom
Amygdala networks altered by smartphone overuse disrupt emotion regulation
addiction2 months ago

Amygdala networks altered by smartphone overuse disrupt emotion regulation

A resting-state fMRI study of 72 college students finds that problematic smartphone use is linked to an imbalance in amygdala connectivity: the right amygdala shows stronger ties to the right temporal pole (involved in social-emotional processing) and weaker connections to the right thalamus, left precuneus (default mode network), and cerebellum, while the left amygdala shows increased connectivity with cognitive-control areas and reduced cerebellar links. These neural differences correlate with higher smartphone dependence and greater difficulty regulating negative emotions, suggesting an overactive emotional system paired with weaker cognitive regulation; however, the cross-sectional design prevents causal conclusions.

via PsyPost|
#addiction#amygdala-connectivity#default-mode-network