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Weeding out your significant other? The effect of marijuana on relationships

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 ...

Great coverage of the prescription drug abuse problem – The oxycontin express on Vanguard

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

On the way to New York city to visit my father this morning (he's not doing so well), I saw an amazing journalistic piece on the prescription drug problem, especially as it relates to loose prescription-record keeping laws in Florida, which is apparently the reason for the five times higher ...

Salvia, a popular hallucinogen that is much shorter-acting than LSD

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Co-authored by Jamie Felzer If I were a betting person (I'm not really), I'd bet that most of you have been to YouTube before. For some of us the video site provides good information and for others it's an endless source of comedy.  Either way, YouTube has also become a hallmark of the ...

How does it all start? My thoughts on addiction causes and substance abuse

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

I was talking with a friend the other night, and he asked me my opinion about the line between addiction and normal behavior. He was wondering whether I think that everyone who looks at porn is a sex addict. I don't. (see some of our posts on sex addiction here) Still, the ...

Ancestry, Addiction, and trauma – Addiction research into genetic differences based on race

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 ...

Drugs and Pregnancy: Drinking while pregnant

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

A number of questions from readers, as well as some of the searches that have landed users on this site (yes, we get to see that) have made me realize that many of you are wondering about the effects of drugs and alcohol on pregnancies. Especially given the fact that ...

New logo survey!!! Place your vote and be part of our makeover!

Friday, February 12th, 2010

All About Addiction is going to get a slight makeover and we're working on a new logo. With about 13000 of you visiting every month I figured "Why not take this question to the people?!?!" So here we are, which one of these do you like best?! Vote for your favorite ...

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