"Crackberry" Addiction is Upon Us

John Hopkins

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The sky is falling; aliens are orbiting the earth; and Blackberry devices can apparently give you withdrawal sickness. Rutgers just completed a study that concludes the revolutionary devices we all use while trying to walk down the hall or drive a car can cause email and internet addiction.

Apparently, these very handy devices are causing users to become so hooked that many can not go for more than a few minutes without checking their email or walking the world wide web. A clear symptom of "Crackberry addiction" is that users focus on their hand held devices to the exclusion of everyone around them. The study leader, Professor Gayle Porter stated that, "Employers provide programmes to help workers with chemical or substance addictions. Addiction to technology can be equally damaging to a worker's mental health." So, new worker's compensation exposure and driving under the influence of a hand held device are now at the forefront of developing litigation.

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