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Adi Jaffe

Los Angeles, California
Adi Jaffe is a UCLA addiction expert who has been studying addiction-related matters for over 10 years, has published dozens of articles and book chapters on the topic and has presented talks on addiction at national conferences. In 2008, Adi began publishing an addiction blog at... Full Bio
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Lil Wayne and Sizzurp Addiction by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction We’ve heard the rap lyrics referring to “Syzzurp” although my guess is that few of you knew what the hell people were talking about… That is until the recent collapse of L ... Read on »
Adderall use and college students by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction All About Addiction has profiled stories of college addiction in the past, but most have centered on illegal drugs and the rampant problem of alcohol abuse . Education blo ... Read on »
About Addiction: Alcohol, Legalization, Internet-Addiction, the Drug war, and Teen Drug Use by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction a couple weeks away, A3 Link posts are back with a brand-new set of addiction article straight off the press! With election season gearing up we have some news regarding n ... Read on »
Time to Act: Helping parents deal with teens and drugs by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Parents are always looking for help on how to parent when it comes to teens and drugs. Well, the new tool from drugfree.org , called Time To Act , may provide just the he ... Read on »
How I stopped drinking, again – Entry 2 by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Okay, I’m not in as good a mood about the whole “ Psychology Board -quitting drinking alcohol” experience this time… The not drinking alcohol part has not proven to be an ... Read on »
About Addiction: marijuana, LGBT, national surveys, codependency and skittles? by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction This week we have an interesting mix of addiction news, from the new fad “Skittle parties” to the results from a national drug use survey and everything in between. If you ... Read on »
How I stopped drinking, again – Entry 1 by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Those of you not following All About Addiction on Facebook (you should) or paying attention to our updates on Twitter and such might not have known that I was recently inf ... Read on »
About Addiction: non-addictive pills, internet addiction, marijuana and alcohol by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction You want to know more about addiction and we want to tell you, so here is this week’s wrap up of exciting news (well, some of it. ) A lot of news about addiction comes up ... Read on »
Death in rehab- What is wrong with California’s addiction treatment? by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction We at A3 have long been saying that there is something seriously wrong with the way addiction treatment is being regulated and with the addiction treatment system that has ... Read on »
Teens and drugs: Drug use statistics and treatment that works by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Over 80% of teens engage in some form of deviant behavior (1). Over 50% of high-school seniors admit to having used drugs (2). Only 10%-15% of the population d ... Read on »
Top 10 great things about being addicted by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Here at All About Addiction we keep talking about fixing addiction and treating addiction given the suffering that addicts go through. But there are certainly some positiv ... Read on »
About Addiction: babies, bath salts, and prescriptions by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Another week has come and so has another group of research and addiction news stories! This week we’re covering a multitude of subjects from prescription drug abuse to bat ... Read on »
More addiction cures: Early promise for Risperidone in crystal meth addiction by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction A recent open label study found some support for the effectiveness of a Risperidone injection, given once every 2 weeks, in reducing crystal meth (speed) use. The 22 p ... Read on »
About Addiction: ADHD, diet, prescriptions, treatment by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction It’s a new week and you know what that means, another set of relevant addiction research and addiction news! If you care about addiction and addiction recovery, it is impo ... Read on »
About Addiction: School, prescriptions, heroin and morality by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction It’s Monday and you get another great summary of news and research about addiction that have been making noise this week. If you care about addiction and about recovery, y ... Read on »
Bath Salts – Pressing the Issue by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Q &A – Dr. Adi Jaffe PhD Interviewed By Tony O’Neil of The Fix “A man was attacked on the side of the highway, authorities find the attacker eating a the victims face ... Read on »
About Addiction: food, treatment, babies and teens by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Our weekly About Addiction summaries are back! Make sure to tune in for the latest in research and news coverage of the drug abuse and drug addiction landscape. This time ... Read on »
A3 Academy Intro Workshop – Level 1&2 by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction Here at All About Addiction (A3), we take the issue of compulsive behaviors – addiction, anxiety , eating, sex , gambling , working, and more – very seriously. We believe ... Read on »
How to Give Up Giving Up – The Lexicon of success by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction When I was facing eighteen years in prison for a string of felonies long enough to make an organized crime boss proud, I made a decision that would alter the course of my ... Read on »
DARE – Drug Abuse Prevention that doesn’t work by Adi Jaffe Posted in: Blog Posts in Drug Addiction DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is the largest school-based drug abuse prevention program in the United States. 80% of school districts across the country te ... Read on »