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 ...
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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, ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
We've talked often on this site about many of the negative things that often come along with heavy drug use. We've not yet talked about any of the factors that make injection drug use even worse. Users inject cocaine, crystal meth, and heroin, or any combination of ...
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
While there are some people who still argue about whether drug addiction is a disease or a condition that results from the moral failing of an individual, most of the scientific community has long agreed that there are at least some influences on it that are far beyond a person's ...
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
We've already talked about the addiction-brain effects for specific drugs. Now it's time to talk about some of the drug effects that are common to all drugs.
One of the most common effects of long term drug use is something called tolerance, or the reduced effect of a drug dose. However, ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Originally posted on Takepart:
I’ve been aware of the unjust nature of our prison system for a while, but a recent NPR story I heard in the car brought the issue front and center again. This piece is a combination summary and extension of that story.
Did you know that the US ...
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
So while we're sitting here talking about drug addiction, quite a bit of research in the last few years has looked into food, and specifically high-sugar-content foods, as a possibly addictive substance (food addiction).
The focus started when the new head of NIDA (The National Institute on Drug Abuse), Dr. Nora ...
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