Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
Sex marathons…what does that sound like to you? Lots of sex, with multiple partners, for an extended period of time? Bingo! Come on down and collect a prize!!!
Why sex marathons can be dangerous
Sex marathons are where people have sex for a prolonged period of time, and often ...
Posted in Drugs, Education, Meth, Sex | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 17th, 2009
A recent open label study found some support for the effectiveness of a Risperidone injection, given once every 2 weeks, in reducing crystal meth use.
The 22 patients who participated reduced their weekly meth use from an average of 4 times per week to only 1 time per week. The difference ...
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
Anyone involved with the dance/rave/club culture knows that drugs often go hand in hand with music and dancing. Back whenI was an active participant, club drugs, as well as alcohol and drug abuse, were rampant in my social group full of excited club goers. Previous academic studies ...
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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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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Okay, maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself here, but I'm pretty excited about one study in particular that I heard about while in DC.
I've already written about a study by the renowned addiction researcher Barry Everitt showing that medications could be used in treatment to help addicts who ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
If you haven't heard about the San Diego State drug-dealing arrests, check out the story.
Aside from the obvious impact on the San Diego community in general, and on the school in particular, I can't help but draw parallels to my own story.
In the future, I'm going to try to follow ...
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