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Absinthe Uncorked: The 'Green Fairy' Was Boozy -- But Not Psychedelic
A new study may end the
century-old controversy over
what ingredient in absinthe
caused the exotic green
aperitif's supposed
... > full story
Marijuana, Genes, Medicines And Brain Scans Help Scientists Find Better Anxiety Treatments
Right now, about half of all
people who take medicine for
an anxiety disorder don't
get much help from it. And
doctors have no definitive
... > full story
Prenatal Exposure To Drugs, Alcohol And Tobacco Affect The Brain Into Early Adolescence, Scans Show
Over 1 million babies born
annually in the United
States are exposed to drugs,
alcohol or tobacco while in
utero. New research suggests
... > full story
Cocaine's Effects On Brain Metabolism May Contribute To Abuse
Many studies on cocaine
addiction - and attempts to
block its addictiveness -
have focused on dopamine
transporters, proteins that
reabsorb the brain's
... > full story
- Absinthe Uncorked: The 'Green Fairy' Was Boozy -- But Not Psychedelic
- Marijuana, Genes, Medicines And Brain Scans Help Scientists Find Better Anxiety Treatments
- Prenatal Exposure To Drugs, Alcohol And Tobacco Affect The Brain Into Early Adolescence, Scans Show
- Cocaine's Effects On Brain Metabolism May Contribute To Abuse
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Young People Are Intentionally Drinking And Taking Drugs For Better Sex, European Survey Finds
May 9, 2008 — Teenagers and young adults across Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies. A third of 16-35 year old males and a quarter of females surveyed are drinking alcohol to ... > full story -
Teen 'Self Medication' For Depression Leads To More Serious Mental Illness, New Report Reveals
May 9, 2008 — Millions of American teens report experiencing weeks of hopelessness and loss of interest in normal daily activities and many of these depressed teens are using marijuana and other drugs, making ... > full story -
Caution Urged With New Anti-obesity Drug In Kids
May 8, 2008 — Anti-obesity drugs that work by blocking brain molecules similar to those in marijuana could also interfere with neural development in young children, according to a new study from MIT's Picower ... > full story -
Computer Programs Help Drug Abusers Stay Abstinent, Yale Researchers Find
May 4, 2008 — Drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly longer than those who received counseling alone, a Yale ... > full story -
Brain's Reaction To Potent Hallucinogen Salvia Explored
April 28, 2008 — Brain-imaging studies performed in animals provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes hallucinations and motor-function impairment in humans is ... > full story -
Rat Study Suggests Why Teens Get Hooked On Cocaine More Easily Than Adults
April 22, 2008 — New drug research suggests that teens may get addicted and relapse more easily than adults because developing brains are more powerfully motivated by drug-related cues. This conclusion has been ... > full story -
Gene Therapy For Addiction: Flooding Brain With 'Pleasure Chemical' Receptors Works On Cocaine, As On Alcohol
April 18, 2008 — Increasing the brain level of receptors for dopamine, a pleasure-related chemical, can reduce use of cocaine by 75 percent in rats trained to self-administer it. Earlier research had similar findings ... > full story -
Doctor's Offices Can Help Stem Abuse Of Oxycontin, Other Narcotic Painkillers
April 14, 2008 — A new study shows how doctor's offices and clinics can identify patients who may be diverting or misusing narcotic painkillers such as Oxycontin, and steer them to help, while preserving access to ... > full story -
Methamphetamine Use In Pregnancy Damages Learning Ability Of Offspring, Study Suggests
April 12, 2008 — Using a guinea pig model that can assess neural changes in offspring born to mothers given methamphetamine during an otherwise normal pregnancy, researchers provide new evidence for the cognitive ... > full story -
Marijuana And Alcohol Taken Together Induced Widespread Nerve Cell Death In Brains Of Young Rats
April 11, 2008 — Marijuana is among the most frequently used illicit drugs by women during their childbearing years and there is growing concern that marijuana abuse during pregnancy, either alone or in combination ... > full story
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