Announcement of Drug Abuse Screening Grant Swerves Into Politics
Announcement of drug abuse screening grant swerves into politics
The $ 10 million five-year grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will help Vermont incorporate substance use screening and intervention into primary care for all Vermonters. “I view this as a kick-start for …
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Julia Roberts Half-Sister and Hoffman 8 Unfortunate Celeb Bathroom Deaths
Julia Roberts Half-Sister and Hoffman 8 Unfortunate Celeb Bathroom Deaths
3 – Whitney Houston died just hours before she was expected to attend a pre-Grammy awards party. Houston's body … Like these 8 people that have passed away and other celebrity deaths that occur in bathrooms, drug use seems to… Continue reading
Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism
Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism
The findings lend additional credence to a hypothesis arguing that food and drug addiction are not that different after all, at least as far as the chemistry of the brain is concerned. Details of the new study appear in the February 9… Continue reading
Celebrity Deaths Prompt Necessary Discussion of Drug Addiction
Celebrity deaths prompt necessary discussion of drug addiction
It has come to point where collectively, we must re-address how we partake in discussions about drug addiction. For a very long time the general public – bereft of an addictive disposition – has viewed drug addiction as ill-informed, foolish, selfish …… Continue reading
Dems Rally Around Marijuana in 2014 Push
Dems rally around marijuana in 2014 push
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 established the drug classification, or “scheduling,” system which groups drugs into five categories depending on a given substance's “medical use and the drug's abuse or dependency potential.” The Act places …
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I Need Help With My Drug Addiction, but Have a Problem With 12 Step Groups!!!?
Question by Kim T: I need help with my drug addiction, but have a problem with 12 step groups!!!?
I have been using drugs for years. I was clean for almost a year and was going to meetings but had a hard time believing everything they preached,… Continue reading
Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism
Hunger and Drug Addiction Share Similar Neural Mechanism
Scientists with the Universite de Bordeaux in France discovered in a new study that food and marijuana cravings share the same neural mechanism in the human brain. The team found that the same receptors light up in mice when they are deprived… Continue reading
Drug Addiction and Depression/suicide Help?
Question by KJ: Drug addiction and depression/suicide help?
Not for a friend. But for myself… e-mail me? or if you have AIM, it’s just easier to talk… [email protected] email
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Meth Takes Toll in Region, County Reports
Meth takes toll in region, county reports
From 2008 to 2012, the number of people in the region who died because of meth increased by 55 percent, from 140 in 2008 to 217 in 2012, according to the most recent Methamphetamine Strike Force Report Card. More than … “While San… Continue reading
Celebrity Deaths Prompt Necessary Discussion of Drug Addiction
Celebrity deaths prompt necessary discussion of drug addiction
It has come to point where collectively, we must re-address how we partake in discussions about drug addiction. For a very long time the general public – bereft of an addictive disposition – has viewed drug addiction as ill-informed, foolish, selfish …… Continue reading