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 ...
Posted in Drugs, Education, Opiates, Prescription | 15 Comments »
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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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Addiction stories seem to have an impact that objective research can never have. This is another in a series of addiction stories by our readers. I hope that everyone will benefit from learning about others' experiences.
A harrowing tale of heroin addiction:
When most people hear the word heroin, some things ...
Posted in Drugs, Opiates, Stories | 10 Comments »
Monday, March 9th, 2009
This is another one of the basic questions I get regarding addiction.
It seems that people think about physical addiction and psychological addiction as somehow separate processes.
I think this distinction makes no sense. Even if people really meant what they were saying, the brain is undoubtedly part of the body, and ...
Posted in Education, For addicts, For others, Opinions, Tips | 3 Comments »
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