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Cannabinoids After a Traumatic Experience May Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Rat Study Suggests
September 21, 2011 — Administration of cannabinoids (in the form of synthetic marijuana) after experiencing a traumatic event blocks the development of post-traumatic stress disorder-like symptoms in rats, according to a ... > full story -
New Approach to Tracking the Dangers of Designer Drug Meow Meow
September 15, 2011 — Experts from the UK have devised a new questionnaire to detect behavior such as mephedrone use. The aim is to pinpoint exactly how widespread the abuse of substances like mephedrone, commonly called ... > full story -
Enzyme Might Be Target for Treating Smoking, Alcoholism at Same Time
September 12, 2011 — An enzyme that appears to play a role in controlling the brain's response to nicotine and alcohol in mice might be a promising target for a drug that simultaneously would treat nicotine addiction and ... > full story -
Revisiting the David Nutt Debate: Is It Possible to Rank Different Drugs by the Harm They Cause?
September 6, 2011 — The scientific and political worlds were transfixed in late 2009 when UK drugs advisor Dr. David Nutt was sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for his controversial views on the harmfulness of ... > full story -
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Time to Address Stimulant Abuse on Our Campuses, Experts Urge
September 6, 2011 — Universities and colleges need to do more to protect young adults from the dangers of illicit stimulant use and to educate them about harms, argue the authors of a new ... > full story -
Study Identifies 'Respectable Addicts' Experiencing Range of Problems With Over-the-Counter Medicines
September 5, 2011 — A report of a study investigating over the counter medicine (OTC) abuse provides evidence that there is a group of individuals experiencing a range of problems often with codeine-based medicines ... > full story -
New Tests for Dangerous 'Legal Marijuana,' 'Bath Salts' and Other Emerging Designer Drugs
August 30, 2011 — Scientists report the development of much needed new tests to help cope with a wave of deaths, emergency room visits and other problems from a new genre of dangerous designer drugs sold legally in ... > full story -
Faulty Signaling in Brain Increases Craving for Sugar and Drugs
August 30, 2011 — When glutamate and dopamine do not collaborate as they should in the brain's signal system, the kick that alcohol, sugar, or other drugs induce increases. This provides a key piece of the puzzle ... > full story -
Mechanism Links Substance Abuse With Vulnerability to Depression
August 24, 2011 — A new study finds that repeated cocaine use increases the severity of depressive-like responses in a mouse model of depression and identifies a mechanism that underlies this cocaine-induced ... > full story -
New Definition of Addiction: Addiction Is a Chronic Brain Disease, Not Just Bad Behavior or Bad Choices
August 15, 2011 — When people see compulsive and damaging behaviors in friends or family members -- or public figures such as celebrities or politicians -- they often focus only on the substance use or behaviors as ... > full story
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