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 ...
Posted in Education, Marijuana, Opinions | 15 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Drugs, Education, Links, Prescription | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Drugs, Education | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Drugs, Education, Food, For others, Opinions, Sex, Tips, Treatment | 4 Comments »
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 »
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 ...
Posted in Alcohol, Drugs, Education | 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, ...
Posted in Cocaine, Drugs, Education, Meth | 3 Comments »
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