Addiction Complicates Treatment of PTSD
A huge number of those who abuse drugs have suffered, or currently suffer from post traumatic stress disorder — the abuse of substances is often a way of coping with the symptoms of PTSD, or becomes a further addiction because of the way that …
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Can Ritalin Cure Cocaine Addiction? ADHD Drug Helps Coke Addicts Quell …
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, cocaine works by causing dopamine, a feel-good chemical in our brains, to flood our brain circuits. Normally, neurons release dopamine in response to "potential rewards," like smelling good food. The …
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Marijuana Legalization Gains Support, Confounding Policymakers
"We're on this hundred-mile-an-hour freight train to legalizing a third addictive substance," says Kevin Sabet, a former drug policy adviser in the Obama administration, lumping marijuana with tobacco and alcohol. Legalization strategist Ethan …
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Broken Family Bonds and Addiction
Most addicts get into drugs and alcohol to suppress some type of trauma that they went through. I had the pleasure of talking to "Jillian", a woman in recovery who went through traumatic events that has caused her an amazing amount of pain and …
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Slowing Synthetic Marijuana Abuse in Borger
BORGER — After almost losing her son to synthetic marijuana side effects, April Gibbs is looking to bring the substances dangers to the light. "Under the influence of the synthetic marijuana, he went to his closet and hung himself," said Gibbs. "We …
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Recent marijuana use in HIV-infected Russians associated with increased sex …
(Boston) – Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University's School of Medicine (BUSM) and School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that in Russian HIV-infected risky drinkers, marijuana use is associated with other increased …
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State marijuana legalization statutes and employer drug use policies
California became the first state to legalize the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes in 1996.[i] Since then, 13 other states have decriminalized the use of medical marijuana. This past November, Washington[ii] and …
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Obama: marijuana use not a top priority for federal prosecutors | World news …
Last week, Washington became the first state to allow recreational use of marijuana, after voters sanctioned the move in the November ballot. Colorado will follow suit next month, when laws formally decriminalising the possession of marijuana take effect.
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Obama Talks On Marijuana Legalization, Says Substance Abuse Is Not Good …
In President Obama's first public statement on marijuana legalization, he says the administration has “bigger fish to fry.” In an interview with Barbra Walter for ABC News that is set to air Friday (Dec. 14), the President discusses the recent …
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Recreational Marijuana: Are There Health Effects?
John Hickenlooper signed an order legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults. Last week, Washington was the first state to OK adult recreational use of the drug. Several other states are considering similar laws. While much research has focused …
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California Parent 'Paul M.' Wins Victory For Medical Marijuana Users
The decision is a "victory for parents who use medical marijuana," Lauren K. Johnson, attorney for the man identified in the court case as "Paul M." Johnson based in Irvine, Calif., told The Huffington Post. According to Johnson, this is the first case …
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