Drug Abuse

Penn Medicine Points to New Ways to Prevent Relapse in Cocaine-Addicted Patients
PHILADELPHIA — Relapse is the most painful and expensive feature of drug addiction—even after addicted individuals have been drug-free for months or years, the likelihood of sliding back into the habit remains high. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Simple test may be predictive of addiction treatment success
Drug-dependent people who least take the future into account may, paradoxically, be the ones to benefit the most from certain treatments. The human instinct to choose instant gratification, such as a drug high, over a later benefit, such as good health — known as future or delay discounting — is strong in people with drug dependencies. An important component of addiction is failure to exert self … Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Drug Addiction and Alcoholism in the Family, with Dr. Charles Sophy – Doctor Charles Sophy, F.A.C.N. from Vh1’s “Celebrity Rehab” and “Sober House” explains why addiction is considered a family disease. He explains how Addictio…