Tag: Social Media
Facebook Aims to Curb Substance Abuse with New Marketplace Updates
On September 25, an article that was posted on Facebook’s newsroom page described how the platform is updating its guidelines and cracking down on...
Portland-based Social Media Addiction Project Inspires Freedom Retrieval
A pioneering educational platform created by college students recently launched a project called #60DaysOfFreedom to promote social media addiction recovery through daily text messages. For...
Social media linked to rise in prescription drug abuse
A 2017 study revealed a correlation between the popularity of social media and the rise of non-medical prescription drug use. The plethora of online...
Addicts flock to Instagram to share their pain
“Junk is not a kick," wrote William S. Burroughs under the pseudonym William Lee, in the early 50s. "It is a way of life."...