Posts Tagged ‘drug addicts’
2 Drug Addiction Prevention Groups to Hold Forums Tuesday – Poughkeepsie Journal
2 drug addiction prevention groups to hold forums Tuesday – Poughkeepsie Journal
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2 drug addiction prevention groups to hold forums Tuesday
Poughkeepsie Journal The educational forum will feature speakers from the nonprofit Putnam Valley-based Drug Crisis in Our Backyard, local law enforcement and a person in recovery from addiction. All Dutchess AAPS founders have had “different experiences” and “various … |
Faces of drug arrests: New anti-drug campaign shows mug shots of addicts over … – Fox News
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Faces of drug arrests: New anti-drug campaign shows mug shots of addicts over …
Fox News A new anti-drug campaign called, “More Than Meth: Faces of Drug Arrests,” is gaining national attention for its startling imagery illustrating the physical decline of drug users over time, as evidenced in their mug shots. The campaign was created by … 'Faces Of Drug Arrests' Tracks Suspects' Shocking Declines Through Mugshots … Shocking video shows the devastating physical toll drugs take Shocking images show the horrific effects of drug abuse |
Faces of Drug Arrests: New Anti-Drug Campaign Shows Mug Shots of Addicts Over … – Fox News
Faces of drug arrests: New anti-drug campaign shows mug shots of addicts over … – Fox News
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Faces of drug arrests: New anti-drug campaign shows mug shots of addicts over …
Fox News A new anti-drug campaign called, “More Than Meth: Faces of Drug Arrests,” is gaining national attention for its startling imagery illustrating the physical decline of drug users over time, as evidenced in their mug shots. The campaign was created by … 'Faces Of Drug Arrests' Tracks Suspects' Shocking Declines Through Mugshots … |
College-aged drug users ‘have impaired brain activity’ linked to anticipation – Medical News Today
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College-aged drug users 'have impaired brain activity' linked to anticipation
Medical News Today New research from the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine has uncovered impaired neuronal activity in the brains of college-aged students who occasionally use stimulant drugs, such as amphetamines, cocaine and certain prescription … Brain Differences in Some Drug Users May Signal Risk of Addiction |
North Korea’s New Drug Addiction – GlobalPost
North Korea’s new drug addiction – GlobalPost
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North Korea's new drug addiction
GlobalPost A North Korean guard post, seen from a South Korean observation tower in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on December 23, 2011. Reports of rampant recreational drug use of amidon are trickling out of the country. (Prakash … |
Damon Albarn on Blur and drug addiction: ‘Heroin made me incredibly productive’ – The Independent
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Damon Albarn on Blur and drug addiction: 'Heroin made me incredibly productive'
The Independent Speaking openly about his past drug addiction in a rare interview moment, he actually described the period in his life as "incredibly productive", and detailed how he would regulate his heroin intake to "five days on and two days off" to maximise on … Damon Albarn has said heroin was "incredibly creative" and helped to change … Damon Albarn: “Heroin Made Me Incredibly Creative” |
Can the Brain Regenerate Cells and Make New Connections After Years and Years of Hard Drug Abuse?
Question by kripticc: can the brain regenerate cells and make new connections after years and years of hard drug abuse?
Best answer:
Answer by aquademon6
no.
In fact the brain hardly regenerates at all, once you get into adulthood.. whether you’re a drug user or not. But the brain does recover somewhat, once people get off of drugs.
Answer by temporarychaos
Remarkable research and technological advances in the past two decades have proved that brain disruption and damage play central roles in the consequences of drug abuse and addiction. Knowing the nature of a problem, of course, opens the way for systematic attempts to fix it. Thus, today, finding ways to restore normal brain function after it has been changed by drugs is a main goal of NIDA research. (See “NIDA Pursues Many Approaches to Reversing Methamphetamine’s Neurotoxic Effects”) This goal involves two challenges:
C-U at Home Moves Forward on Projects
C-U at Home moves forward on projects
It will provide a home for up to three drug or alcohol addicts who have graduated from a rehabilitation program and need a supportive living environment before living on their own. It will also provide a bed for a house leader — one is still being …
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Posted on Mar 25, 2014 @ 3:18AM | By Amber James
As Pinot Grigio loving The Real Housewives of New York star Ramona Singer portrays her lavish lifestyle on Bravo, her younger brother is telling quite a different story – one that involves cocaine, jail and addiction! Speaking exclusively to …
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Bill to Fight Expectant Mother Drug Addiction Moves Forward
Bill to fight expectant mother drug addiction moves forward
After compromises, bill to deal with problem of drug addiction among expectant mothers moves forward in the Tennessee legislature. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Alternative therapies for drugs await religious nod
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – Alternative therapies like methadone, which can reduce heroin withdrawal symptoms, are still waiting for a religious decree to sanction their use in the Kingdom to treat drug addiction cases, according to Dr. Muhammad Shawoosh, former medical director of Al-Amal Hospital. "Alternative therapies don’t have dangerous side effects and can be used to help drug addicts … Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
How Pakistan succumbed to a hard-drug epidemic
Almost 30 years after first reporting on Pakistan's then nascent North West Frontier heroin trade, David Browne returns to find a city – and a country – in the grip of mass drug addiction Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results