Those who struggle with drug addiction don't set out to destroy themselves and everyone and everything in their path--rather, these disastrous consequences are the effect of the vicious cycle of addiction. For many, drugs seem to be a means of...
Alcohol use and abuse is associated with serious medical illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular problems, liver cirrhosis, stroke, hypertension, and brain damage. There is also extensive evidence indicating that alcohol dependence elevates the...
A nationwide survey of primary care doctors that appears in the current issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that many are doing little to help their drug-addicted patients conquer addiction. Nearly one-third of the 1,080 doctors...
Ecstasy--an illegal drug often referred to as this decade’s version of LSD—is, according to some of its users “the hottest drug going now.” It’s also one of the deadliest. While Ecstasy is most often associated with large...
Viewing pictures of alcoholic beverages activates the prefrontal cortex and the anterior thalamus in alcoholics but not in moderate drinkers, report Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) researchers in the April Archives of General Psychiatry...
The abuse of oxycodone products in general has increased in recent years. In April 2000, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a study, which examined two data collection sources. The DEA Automation of Reports and...
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