Addiction Inbox
Articles and health studies about addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.
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May 16, 12 12:43PM
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May 13, 12 12:42PMShort subjects, various. First, a recap of an earlier story, and a very strange story at that. Cannabinoid hyperemesis, as it's known, was not documented in the medical literature until 2004, and was first...
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May 08, 12 03:23PMOne woman’s journal.From Insanity to Serenity, by Tommi LloydExcerpts: "I was born in 1963 in Toronto, Canada, to a family struggling long before I arrived. My dad was an alcoholic, born in Wal es...
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May 07, 12 05:15PMState law criminalizes “gateway sexual activity.” It’s the gateway to hell and perdition, that’s what it is. It doesn’t necessarily lead to drugs but it will drag you in the...
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May 04, 12 01:04PM“I’m a drug addict turned neuroscientist.”What’s it like to swallow 400 milligrams of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, better known as Romilar cough syrup? “Flashes of perc eption...
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May 02, 12 02:07PMEcstasy comes loaded with other drugs. I'm not a huge fan of infographics, mostly because they tend to overpromise and are often marred by factual errors. But this one sticks to basics, a nd...
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Apr 29, 12 10:07AMA screen for problem gambling, medications for insomniac alcoholics, and more. A group of addiction doctors presented a Top Ten List of peer-reviewed articles from 2011 at the American Society of Addiction...
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Apr 24, 12 02:38PMResearchers get good results with gabapentin. Marijuana, as researchers and pundits never tire of pointing out, is the most widely used illegal drug in the world, by a serious margin. And while the ar gument...
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Apr 21, 12 05:10PM“Lost in the sauce.” I have to admit I was taken with the opening sentence of this 2009 study published in Psychological Sciences: “Alcohol consumption alters consciousness in ways...
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Apr 19, 12 11:15AMComing-of-Age Drug Novels Call it “addiction fiction.” In the past few years we have seen a blossoming of this genre, where the private eye goes to 12-Step meetings, and one day your spon sor...
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