Sunday, August 16th, 2009
In a previous post we talked about the ineffectiveness of the school-based substance abuse prevention program called D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). We reported data from a meta-analysis of 11 studies which showed no significant effect of D.A.R.E. in reducing drug use. A recently published study examined the effectiveness of ...
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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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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Today, I'll give a short summary of a few interesting talks I saw at the conference:
Teenage smoking - Children of mothers who used drugs during pregnancy had abnormal stress hormone levels. When assessed over time, their abnormal stress response was associated with an earlier onset (age of first use) of ...
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Here's a new set of articles about addiction that are worth taking the time to read. As usual, don't forget that if you click the title of this post, you'll get a list of posts on our site that are related to this week's links (below the post).
Breaking The Cycles: ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
It's April 20th, or 4-20, and anyone who smokes marijuana knows what that means - It's time to smoke weed- a lot of weed!
In honor of this "stoner" holiday, or perhaps in reverence of its implications, I wanted to put together a post that explored some recent ...
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
My recent post on marijuana's addictive potential received some scathing comments from readers who seem to think that the scientists have already agreed that marijuana addiction (called marijuana dependence in the field) does not exist. So, I've compiled this little list of research articles. I've made certain to only use ...
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