107.9 The River » Older Adults http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Tue, 21 May 2013 03:20:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Are Older Adults the New Face of Addiction? http://theriver1079.com/are-older-adults-the-new-face-of-addiction/ http://theriver1079.com/are-older-adults-the-new-face-of-addiction/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:30:19 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=90367 One generally associates the onset of drug and alcohol addiction with the recklessness of youth.

However, two new studies are challenging those assumptions, with findings suggesting that older folks are also quite susceptible to addiction’s trap.

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