Drug Abuse

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Trying, and Failing, to Host an Alcohol-Free Party for Teenagers
I wanted to be someone other than the humorless mother who had drug-tested him since he got caught with marijuana in eighth grade. After missing the signs of his pot smoking, and those of my former husband's cocaine addiction years ago, my vow never to … Read more on New York Times

Shermain Miles, Chicago Woman Arrested 396 Times, Ordered To Get Help …
CHICAGO — A Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past 35 years has been ordered to get mental health and substance abuse treatment in a deal with prosecutors. Fifty-one-year-old Shermain Miles, who's been in the Logan Correctional … Read more on Huffington Post

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Unwhole Foods: 'Food Addiction' May Explain Global Obesity Epidemic
Neurobiological research, too, has revealed parallels in the way the brain responds to drugs of abuse and foods that delight the palate. Now, animal studies showing the same are leading researchers to think certain types of food may sometimes trigger … Read more on Medical Daily

Editorial: Woolwich Attack; Nobody Wins when 'Hate' Wins
Eye witness accounts and the video of one of the attackers suggest substance abuse, which may explain their decision to hang around after the crime was committed, and then attempt to engage armed police units with an old, rusty revolver. Some reports … Read more on PKKH

Drug blunts cocaine addiction in mice
A drug once tested as a possible treatment for Parkinson's disease appears to reduce cocaine cravings in addicted mice. Researchers are hopeful the drug will become the first approved medication to treat cocaine addiction in people. (Credit … Read more on Futurity: Research News    Read more...

Lightlake Therapeutics Inc. to Develop Opioid Drug Treatment in Collaboration …
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. For more information on the … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
“When we turn on a laser light in the prelimbic region of the prefrontal cortex, the compulsive cocaine seeking is gone,” said Antonello Bonci, MD, scientific director of the intramural research program at the NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse … Read more on UCSF Today

NIH researchers identify pathway that may protect against cocaine addiction
NIH researchers identify pathway that may protect against cocaine addiction. A study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health gives insight into changes in the reward circuitry of the brain that may provide resistance against cocaine … Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)    Read more...

DARE Program Comes to Departure Bay Elementary – http://www.ctvvancouverisland.ca http://www.facebook.com/ctvvi NANAIMO – Grade 5 students at Departure Bay Elementary school today got educated about the dan…

Researcher awarded NIH grant to study drug-related health disparities in …
A five-year, $ 2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) will support research from the University of Houston College of Education to investigate mechanisms that influence drug-related health … Read more on News-Medical.net

Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
“When we turn on a laser light in the prelimbic region of the prefrontal cortex, the compulsive cocaine seeking is gone,” said Antonello Bonci, MD, scientific director of the intramural research program at the NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse … Read more on UCSF Today

Depression and Drug Abuse – Sorry about not videos lately, you guys. Let me tell you a story, okay? Well first, I was too busy because my old school sucks and they gave a lot of homewor…

Former NHL star Theo Fleury helps Mohawk College talk about mental health
Anxiety, depression and biopolar disorder are the common issues that people come to Iatomasi with. Kosh said another problem is stress leading to binge drinking and drug use. But both say what's really important is that it's also becoming more common … Read more on CBC.ca

Lasers Zap Cocaine Addiction
"When we turn on a laser light in the prelimbic region of the prefrontal cortex, the compulsive cocaine seeking is gone," said study researcher Antonello Bonci, scientific director of the intramural research program at the National Institute on Drug … Read more on Discovery News    Read more...

Question by Joe B: Why would any sane individual agree to 3 strike laws when it comes to addicts and drugs?
Is that the same thing as giving a obese individual 3 strikes to lose weight, on the 3rd strike if they remain fat they go to prison for 10+ years while the taxpayers float the bill?
The point here is that addiction is very hard to overcome despite the label being put on it. Applying 3 strikes on something that is so hard to over come (given the courts do not focus on rehabilitation anymore) seems ignorant to the fact that addiction can’t just end on a whim.

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Answer by Captain Snarky
Except it’s not illegal to be fat or even morbidly obese. If you break the law, you go to jail. If you repeatedly break the law, you go to jail for a long time. No sympathy for the devil. Buy the ticket, take the ride.    Read more...