Tech companies are under pressure to draw attention Digital addiction. During a recent House committee hearing on the dangers of social media, former Facebook executive Tim Kendall told Congress that the company deliberately builds its product this way. Addictive As cigarettes. Kendall, CEO of Time-Management Application Moment and former director …
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Dear Amy: My husband and I have two amazing teenage daughters. They are mature, intelligent and conscientious. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune) I am very proud of her and look forward to seeing what she does in her life, but this is also where my fear lies. …
Read More »Fatal drug overdoses increased in 2019, reversing the drop from the previous year
Preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the number of deaths from drug overdoses in the US increased 4.6 percent in 2019 after falling for the first time in three decades in 2018. While the data won’t be finalized until the end of this …
Read More »Miley Cyrus reveals that she has been sober for six months.
Miley Cyrus revealed this week that she has been sober for the past six months. In an interview with Variety on Tuesday, the pop star said he has struggled with the “stigma” surrounding sobriety and youth. Speaking on The Big Ticket podcast, Cyrus said he decided to quit drugs after …
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