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United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use
ScienceDaily
— A survey of 17 countries has found that despite its punitive drug policies the United States has the highest levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use. The study, by Louisa Degenhardt (University of New…

Brain mechanism linked to relapse after cocaine withdrawal
Addictive drugs are known to induce changes in the brain’s reward circuits that may underlie drug craving and relapse after long periods of abstinence. Now, new research, published by Cell Press in the September 9 issue of the…

States Rethink Drug Laws
Treatment Gains Favor Over Long Prison Terms; a New Look at Rehabilitation
By NATHAN KOPPEL And GARY FIELDS
A growing number of states are renouncing some of the long prison sentences that have been a hallmark of the war on drugs and instead focusing on…

Addiction is a Chronic Disease
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Many Factors are Involved in Addiction
Drug addiction shares many features with other chronic illnesses, including a
tendency to run in families (heritability), an onset and course that is influenced
by environmental…

The definition of ‘addiction’ is closely examined
By WILLIAM VAN OST
COLUMNIST
Dear Readers:
Over the past few years, I have repeatedly labeled alcoholism, as well as addiction to any other drugs, a “disease” process.
In today’s column, I’m going to try to clarify…

, study finds
ScienceDaily (2011-02-03) — Scientists in Spain have analyzed the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust). This study was carried out with a sample including 123 polysubstance abusers and 67…