The war on drugs isn’t working, so it’s time to shine some light on the subject. By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers have shown that they can wipe away addictive behavior in rats–or do the opposite: turn non-addicted rats into compulsive cocaine seekers.

An estimated 1.4 million Americans addicted to that drug, and it’s frequently the cause of emergency room visits–482,188 in 2008 alone–and it is a top cause of heart attacks and strokes for people under 35.
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But I don’t drink too much or take drugs, you say, so how could that be? But you may have a very common addiction–to bread.

CBS News quotes cardiologist William Davis as saying that modern wheat is a "perfect, chronic poison."

Like so many other foods, modern wheat is different from what was grown in the past. According to Davis, the wheat we eat today is "an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the ’60s and ’70s."
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We’ve all heard about people who are addicted to alcohol, drugs or even gambling–but the NEW kind of addict get his stash from his physician, in the form of prescription drugs. Sometimes these addicts O.D., as in the cases of Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson.
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