Friday, March 12th, 2010
contributing co-author: Gacia Tachejian
Being young involves quite a bit of exciting change. There's the end of high-school, the start of college and some measure of independence, and a whole slew of new experiences.
A recent study conducted by Judith Brooks at NYU School of Medicine has revealed that one of those ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
The following story was shared by a young reader. I was first drawn to it because it mirrored mine to a large extent. Fortunately, John decided to pull out before he let his life go down as far as I allowed myself to go. For that, and for his courage in ...
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
I can't hide it any longer, I just have to confess: I hate the way addiction treatment is managed nowadays. With over 25 million people meeting criteria for addictions in the U.S., only 10% are seeking treatment on a yearly basis. Sure, part of the problem is that others just ...
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
A recent study by a Kansas state researcher (find it here) reports that part of the power of nicotine may be in its enhancement of other experiences that go hand in hand with it.
While the online source I included suggests that nicotine's effect may be only in this indirect enhancement, ...
Posted in Cocaine, Drugs, Education, Meth | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Originally posted on Psychology Today:
One of the biggest problems with addiction is that we never know who is truly an addict. Yes, we have tests and notions, interviews and criteria, but all of those are simply tools we've used to get around the problem of not knowing. Well, a recent ...
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
If you ever doubted the idea that monkeys are über similar to humans, read this:
A number of researchers at Wake Forest University school of Medicine looked at the social organization in 4 groups of monkeys. They then took either a dominant or subordinate monkey and put it in a cage ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
We've talked often on this site about many of the negative things that often come along with heavy drug use. We've not yet talked about any of the factors that make injection drug use even worse. Users inject cocaine, crystal meth, and heroin, or any combination of ...
Posted in Cocaine, Drugs, Education, For addicts, Meth, Opiates, Tips, Treatment | 1 Comment »
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