Sunday, August 30th, 2009
***A disclaimer: Sex addiction is a relatively new concept in science. I haven't been able to find much research on the subject, so much of what is being said here is my interpretation of the current literature on sexual responsivity in humans.***
I've already mentioned that scientists are beginning to ...
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Here we are again. I've been slacking on this, but check out the new crop of great articles about addiction. As usual, if you press the title of this post, you'll be rewarded with our relevant posts!!!
MSNBC: Exercise may help prevent substance abuse - Here's an article that reports on ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
22.9 million Americans report trying inhalants at least once in their lives.
When it comes to drug use problems, inhalants are often the first drugs that young children decide to experiment with. The habit is often called huffing. While use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, and other drugs peaks around ...
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Okay, we've talked about meth and cocaine and how they affect the brain. As I mentioned, both cocaine and meth interfere with the way the brain stores and cleans up important neurotransmitters, including, most importantly, Dopamine and Norepinephrine.
The class of drugs known as opiates, which includes morphine, heroin, codeine, and ...
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
So,
We've talked about the general way in which neurons in the brain communicate with one another and then reviewed the ways in which cocaine messes some of the basic processes that the brain depends on.
It's time to move on to another drug, and since the brain-addiction connection is similar for ...
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