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 ...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
A recent article in the UCLA health system magazine Vital Signs talks about the increased prevalence of prescription drug abuse.
Apparently, at 20%, prescription drugs are now the most commonly abused group of substances after alcohol and marijuana. With the same prevalence among teens, this is certainly a concern.
The article notes ...
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Along with teaching and telling stories, part of my goal here at All About Addiction is to get important information out to those who can benefit from it.
Most drug users who quit drug use "cold turkey" have to go through withdrawal of some sort. Withdrawal is never comfortable, but sometimes ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
The story published today by the Baltimore Sun (see here) is another sad reminder that no one is safe from addiction.
Two doctors of pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine were apparently developing quite a drug habit buying prescription drugs online and then cooking them and shooting them ...
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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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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
A recent addiction research article combined findings from 31 different studies to assess the impact of large terrorism events on rates of alcohol, cigarettes, and drug use. The researchers noted that most of the studies occurred after the World Trade bombing of September 11th, 2001.
After controlling for the level of ...
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Co- author: Jamie Felzer
We know that addiction can go beyond drug use, but are we becoming addicted to making our bodies perfect?
This recent trend is a dual-headed addiction, one that is both physical and social. In many ways, people are now able to change aspects of their being that were ...
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