News tagged with recreational drugs


Use of psychedelic drugs remains prevalent in the US

An article published in F1000Research, and approved for indexing in PubMed and other major bibliographical databases, estimates that there were approximately 32 million users of psychedelic drugs in the United States in 2010.

Medications created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Unhealthy lifestyles have little impact on sperm quality: study

Lifestyle advice given by doctors to men diagnosed with infertility should be radically overhauled according to research published today (Wednesday).

Medical research created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Internet and new drugs: A challenge for public health

A group of researchers from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and from the INAD (Hospital del Mar Neuropsychiatry and Addictions Institute) has participated in an international study aiming to give a general ...

Health created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find anticonvulsant drug helps marijuana smokers kick the habit

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found clinical evidence that the drug gabapentin, currently on the market to treat neuropathic pain and epilepsy, helps people to quit smoking marijuana (cannabis). Unlike ...

Addiction created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Bath salts emerging as new recreational drugs

The use of bath salts as recreational drugs has greatly escalated in recent years. Researchers from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma describe an incident of a man experiencing significant ...

Health created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Australia: Ecstasy loses its shine

Ecstasy, one of the most popular "recreational" drugs in Australia over the past two decades, is becoming less popular with regular users, consistent with global trends, say the authors of a new report from ...

Health created May 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Long-term users of ecstasy risk structural brain damage

Long term users of the popular recreational drug ecstasy (MDMA) risk structural brain damage, suggests preliminary research published online in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Neuroscience created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0