Archive for the ‘Alcohol’ Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
With Arizona facing a critical crisis of methamphetamine use, Dr. Gregory Ellison, Director of Advanced Medical Center, has identified a very promising new addiction treatment option that shows high success rates and is performed on an out-patient (versus in-patient) basis in 10 hours over five sessions. As ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Health advocates and nongovernmental organizations recently warned that Thailand's campaign against illegal drugs launched last week will undermine efforts to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, the South China Morning Post reports. According to the Post, Interior Minister Chalerm Yubamrung was quoted by Thailand's Nation in February as saying it would ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Doctors' leaders in Wales have set up a petition on the Downing Street website, to increase support for a reduction in the permitted blood alcohol level for driving. The BMA wants to see the maximum level reduced from 80mg per 100ml, to 50mg.This would bring the UK more in line ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Having a lower social standing increases the likelihood that a monkey faced with a stressful situation will choose cocaine over food, according to a study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. More dominant monkeys undergoing the same stressful situation had fewer changes in brain activity in areas of the ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
New research in monkeys suggests the feasibility of treating cocaine addiction with a "replacement" drug that mimics the effects of cocaine but has less potential for abuse - similar to the way nicotine and heroin addictions are treated.Reporting at the annual meeting of the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Any decision to keep cannabis as a class C drug was criticised as 'deeply regrettable' by Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. Unite/MHNA said that a reported decision by The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that the drug should remain on the class C list 'flies in the face of ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
* Aripiprazole is currently approved to treat bipolar disorder as well as schizophrenia. * A new study has found that it significantly and dose-dependently increases the sedative effects of alcohol and, to a lesser degree, decreases the euphoric effects of alcohol. ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Drugs of Destruction are defined here as, any addictive substance, whose properties are known to bring about disturbing and irreversible changes to the users brain, resulting in loss of control; the erosion of inhibitions which control civilised human behaviour, the loss of the latter more frequently than not, can cause ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
The brain cells called astrocytes, and not just neurons, are sensitive to the substances called cannabinoids - the active chemicals in marijuana.The researchers said their findings could aid in development of treatments for cannabinoid drug abuse. Also, because so-called "endocannabinoids" produced by brain cells are involved in the neural machinery ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
The odds of substance use for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth are on average 190 percent higher than for heterosexual youth, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers published in the current issue of Addiction. What's more, for some sub-populations of LGB youth, the odds were ...
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