EDITORIAL: Synthetic Drugs Dilemma

Published January 24, 2013

EDITORIAL: Synthetic drugs dilemma

Filed under: symptoms of drug addiction

Emerging evidence about the potential harm of synthetic drug use adds more weight to calls to provide more effective assistance to those who have fallen into the traps of addiction and other drug-related problems including episodic and chronic mental …
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To Anti-Sugar Zealots, Nothing Short Of A Coca-Cola Ban Is Enough

Filed under: symptoms of drug addiction

But pleasure from eating isn't a definition of addiction. Cambridge researchers determined that feeling good from eating and drug intoxication are different things. They also found “no conclusive evidence” of food withdrawal symptoms. Enjoying food isn …
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Contingency Management May Cut Drug Use, Hospitalization

Filed under: symptoms of drug addiction

The primary outcome measure was increased abstinence from use of stimulants. Secondary outcomes included reductions in use of other drugs or alcohol as well as reductions in inpatient hospitalizations, psychiatric symptoms, and HIV risk behaviors (both …
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A quick, non-medical-expert information session on Adderall

Filed under: symptoms of drug addiction

First off, it is extremely addictive. Add the fact that recreational users snort or take the drug in large quantities, and you have got yourself a nice prescription for addiction. Also, Adderall specifically alters your brain chemistry. Using a drug …
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