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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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
We all know that drug use and drug related crimes are a big problem within African American communities. It's not a secret, but it can be interpreted very differently by different people. Do the differences between African Americans and Americans from European descent mean that Black people are simply meant ...
Posted in Alcohol, Cocaine, Education, Opiates | 1 Comment »
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, ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The U.S. policy regarding the drug problem is still centered mainly on the enforcement of its drug laws and intervention in the drug supply both within the U.S. and in neighboring countries. There is no question that this "crusade" has had an impact. Importing a kilogram of cocaine into the ...
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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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Friday, December 11th, 2009
When the NY Times picked a focus for their most recent story on addiction policy and research, they couldn't have asked for a better representative than Dr. McLellan who after decades of addiction research is now helping to form U.S. drug policy.
The man is one of my personal idols and believes, ...
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Along with teaching and telling stories, part of my goal here at All About Addiction is to get important information out to those who can benefit from it.
Most drug users who quit drug use "cold turkey" have to go through withdrawal of some sort. Withdrawal is never comfortable, but sometimes ...
Posted in Alcohol, Drugs, Education, For addicts, Medications, Opiates, Prescription, Tips, Treatment | 10 Comments »
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