St. Louis County Pol…
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Local law enforcement are partnering with a federal agency and a support group to identify traffickers and help those addicted to the drug.
St. Louis County law enforcement offices are partnering with federal officials for a two-month effort aimed at cracking down on heroin use, county…
Alcohol more …
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Sacked government drugs adviser David Nutt publishes investigation in Lancet reopening debate on classification
Heroin causes harm to users, but alcohol causes considerably more harm in the wider community, study finds. Photograph: Action Press/Rex FeaturesAlcohol is the most dangerous drug in…
Opioids Now Most Pre…
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Two reports by addiction researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse show a drastic shift in prescribing patterns impacting the magnitude of opioid substance abuse in America. The reports, published in JAMA, recommend a…
How Marijuana Affect…
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ScienceDaily
Drugs like marijuana act on naturally occurring receptors in the brain called cannabinoid receptors. However, the mechanisms by which these drugs produce their sensory and mood altering effects within the brain are largely unknown. Research led by Steven Laviolette at The…
Risk Factors for Dru…
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Genetics, environment, and personality all contribute to your risk for alcoholism and drug addiction. There are many warning signs of addiction, including complaints from friends and family about your behavior.
By Hedy Marks, MPH
Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH
From cocaine…
Academics PROFIT By …
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Academics PROFIT By Making the Case for Opioid Painkillers
As an epidemic of narcotic painkiller abuse raged across America in 2006, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a medical journal report connecting deaths from those drugs to up to a 500% increase…
Hitting Bottom, Procrastination, and Self-Correcti…
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Learn to fight procrastination when kicking an addiction.
Abusing substances and procrastinating on corrective actions is a recipe for disaster. When these thieves of life and time combine, you can feel yourself spiraling down.Lets start with whether you need to hit bottom before making a course correction. Then well look at some basics for liberating yourself from a combination of procrastination forms that can keep youraddictionhabit active. Following this innovative angle, well look at what you can do if you suffer from this dual affliction.
Hitting Bottom
Hitting rock bottom generally…
Marijuana Use May Hu…
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those using marijuana scored approximately one third lower than non-users
Does Social Anxiety …
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ScienceDaily When psychotherapy is helping someone get better, what does that change look like in the brain? This was the question a team of Canadian psychological scientists set out to investigate in patients suffering from social anxiety disorder. Their findings are published in…
The numbers I…
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“The numbers I see of people dying of heroin on a given day, I might have four people dead in my morgue. On one day.”
