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The Netherlands, United States, Australia and New Zealand are consuming the highest amounts of designer 'party' drugs, according to wastewater samples taken from eight countries over the New Year period.
Recreational drinking, smoking, and drug use is linked to premature heart disease in young people, particularly younger women.
Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those ...
There are many theories about the causes of addiction, the use and abuse of legal and illegal psychoactive substances. Biology ...
While the broader public may have gotten its first glimpse this week of the troubling and addictive nature of trading apps like ...
Researchers have described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current…
Neuroscientists have made major advances in their quest to study the brain; however, there are no tools to precisely measure the brain's principal output -- behavior -- in freely moving animals. Researchers present…
Substance use disorder can be sneaky. Despite the devastating effect it can have on a person’s health and livelihood, many ...
A non-hallucinogenic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine, with potential for treating addiction, depression and other psychiatric disorders, has been developed by researchers.
In a sign that designer drugs are becoming more prevalent in Australia, synthetic cathinones -- commonly known as 'bath salts' -- have been detected in the nation's wastewater in the largest study of its kind in the…
Pathological gambling is more akin to a gambling addiction, but we found that only a tiny percentage of our national participants could be classed as such. What we did report was that 0.9 percent of ...
Addiction is a complex disease, but nearly a century of scientific study has helped researchers come to a deeper understanding ...
“If you build it, they will come” doesn’t apply just to a baseball stadium in a cornfield. I believe that the same ...
The reward pathway of the brain causes feelings of happiness but is also involved in behavioral disorders like schizophrenia and addiction. A breakthrough study has now identified the role of a protein called Npas4 in…
A small study concludes that caution is warranted for users of 'high CBD, low THC' cannabis products.
Opioid overdose deaths in Connecticut doubled in the past 6 years, largely driven by use of multiple drugs together, according to a team of researchers.
The painful overuse injury called swimmer's shoulder, common in competitive swimmers, may be caused by excessive swimming distance during training along with a culture in competitive swimming that sublimates pain…
A seven-year project monitoring illicit drug use in 37 countries via wastewater samples shows that cocaine use was skyrocketing in Europe in 2017 and Australia had a serious problem with methamphetamine.
While products of tobacco combustion are the main cause of smoking-induced disease, nicotine addiction sustains tobacco use (8).
Project SAVE stands for Substance Abuse Visionary Program. The pilot program aims to get people help for their addictions.
You’ve probably heard that we’re all spending too much time on our phones and computers. The average American stares at a ...
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American teenagers and adults are more likely to try illegal or recreational drugs for the first time in the summer, a new study shows.
The social environment is an influential factor with regards to drug addiction. However, some people living in the same environment become drug users, whilst others resist. Is this difference just random or are there key…
An international study has shown that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, may be a valuable tool for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study demonstrated substantial improvements in individuals who had not…
You’ve probably heard of dopamine as a “pleasure chemical” that’s been associated with addiction. Think of the term ...
Neuroscientists have found that the psychedelic drug MDMA reopens a kind of window, called a 'critical period,' when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward value of social behaviors. The findings may explain why…
An estimated 76 million people use psychostimulants, which include illicit drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, as well as prescription stimulants. A new study from Australia is…
More than a decade of research on the mda-7/IL-24 gene has shown that it helps to suppress a majority of cancer types, and now scientists are focusing on how the gene drives this process by influencing microRNAs. The…
Sales of prescription psychiatric drugs such as Xanax and diazepam via darknet online drug markets have increased in the UK at an alarming rate, according to new research.
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