New Trial Uses Human Brain Implants to Fight Addiction
Realizing you have a substance abuse problem is scary. Making the decision to get help is scary. But that distress is generally extinguished by the idea of being happy, functional, …
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Addiction Treatment in Jail: Massachusetts Sends Addicts to Prison for Treatment
When news breaks that an A-lister is admitting themselves to an addiction treatment facility, the media is typically splashed with images of a luxury, beachside rehab center. If we’re looking …
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Opioid Euphoria Is A Myth For Most People
Drug addiction is about chasing the high, feeling warm and fuzzy, and dissolving from reality in a wash of euphoria. At least, that’s what we’ve been told. But new research …
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Oregon Gets Ready to Make Shrooms Legal
Oregon is on its way to being the first state to make shrooms legal. You heard that right: magic mushrooms, the drug known to trigger visual hallucinations, may be legalized …
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Are These New Whiskey Pods Fueling Teen Alcohol Abuse?
Anyone remember the Tide Pod Challenge? Or, perhaps more prominently, the amount of effort put into stopping people from eating Tide Pods? The innocuous-laundry-detergent-packets-turned-dangerous-poisoning-agents started trending once more on social …
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Student Drug Testing: School Districts are Now Drug Testing Middle Schoolers
Imagine asking your child — who only recently hit double digits in age — how her day was and she nonchalantly responds, “It was fine. I had to pee in …
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Meth is Making a Vicious Comeback in Fatal Drug Cocktail
Face sores, hyperactivity, aggression, paranoia. These are the typical profile qualities of a meth user. Methamphetamine took the spotlight years back, plaguing the midwest with its ultra-addictive qualities. While exposure …
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Sanders and Warren Announce Support for Safe Injection Sites
With all of the buzz surrounding the myriad of presidential candidates right now, it’s easy to miss the facts of potential policies. So, if you missed it, Bernie Sanders and …
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Trial Proves it Can Be Safe to Use MDMA to Treat Alcoholism
Strobe lights, loud music, hours of dancing, heavy bass, colorful clothing . . . how would you complete this list? Probably with Molly. When we think of MDMA (or Molly, …
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Snowballing Addiction Crisis Spawns an In-Home Drug Treatment Program in Kentucky
It’s no secret that incredibly large numbers of people struggling with addiction don’t receive treatment. Discrepancies with insurance, barriers in health care, lack of support… these are essentially all giant … Read More