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Marijuana Use in Adolescence May Cause Permanent Brain Abnormalities, Mouse Study Suggests

Regular marijuana use in adolescence, but not adulthood, may permanently impair brain function and cognition, and may increase ...  > full story

Long-Term Cannabis Use May Blunt the Brain's Motivation System

Long-term cannabis users tend to produce less dopamine, a chemical in the brain linked to motivation, a study has found. ...  > full story

Soda and Illegal Drugs Cause Similar Damage to Teeth: Acids Erode Enamel

Addicted to soda? You may be shocked to learn that drinking large quantities of your favorite carbonated soda could be as damaging to ...  > full story

Addiction to Unhealthy Foods Could Help Explain the Global Obesity Epidemic, Research Suggests

New research shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioral reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse ...  > full story

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  New Insight Into How Brain 'Learns' Cocaine Addiction

  August 1, 2013 — A team of researchers says it has solved the longstanding puzzle of why a key protein linked to learning is also needed to become addicted to cocaine. Results of the study describe how the ... > full story
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  Young Cannabis-Smokers Aware of the Health Risks

  July 29, 2013 — 91 percent of on average 20-year-old Swiss men drink alcohol, almost half of whom drink six beverages or more in a row and are thus at-risk consumers. 44 percent of Swiss men smoke tobacco, ... > full story
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  Cannabis Constituent Has No Effect on Multiple Sclerosis Progression, Study Shows

  July 23, 2013 — The first large non-commercial clinical study to investigate whether the main active constituent of cannabis (tetrahydrocannabinol or THC) is effective in slowing the course of progressive multiple ... > full story
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  Weight Loss Drug Helps Curb Cocaine Addictions

  July 18, 2013 — The drug topiramate, typically used to treat epilepsy and more recently weight loss, may also help people addicted to both cocaine and alcohol use less cocaine, particularly heavy users, researchers ... > full story
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  Reclassification of Cannabis Linked to Cannabis Psychosis

  July 18, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated that the change in cannabis declassification in 2009 has coincided with a significant increase in hospital admissions for cannabis psychosis - rather than the decrease ... > full story
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  'Bath Salts' Stimulant Could Be More Addictive Than Meth, Study Shows

  July 10, 2013 — Scientists have published one of the first laboratory studies of MDPV, an emerging recreational drug that has been sold as "bath salts." The researchers confirmed the drug's powerful stimulant ... > full story
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  Most Babies Born to Mothers on Methadone Exposed to Several Illicit Drugs in Womb

  July 8, 2013 — Most babies born to drug addicted mums on methadone maintenance are exposed to several other drugs while in the womb, and half are additionally exposed to excess alcohol, reveal the results of a ... > full story
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  Inner-City Women's Health Issues to Childhood Traumas

  July 1, 2013 — Researchers have traced chronic health problems of adult inner-city women to traumas from childhood abuse and ... > full story
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  Ritalin Shows Promise in Treating Addiction

  June 27, 2013 — ADHD drug helps improve brain functional connectivity in cocaine addiction, according to a new ... > full story
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  Missing Enzyme Linked to Drug Addiction

  June 17, 2013 — A missing brain enzyme increases concentrations of a protein related to pain-killer addiction, according to an animal ... > full story

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