Health
Decriminalizing hard drugs in BC could help reduce the stigma of substance abuse
Substance use disorder is a chronic but treatable medical condition.
Feb 21, 2023
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News tagged with addictive drugs
Psychology & Psychiatry
Documenting the experience of police, paramedics responding to people affected by methamphetamines
Researcher and nurse Dr. Rikki Jones, from the University of New England's School of Health, has documented the experiences of both police and paramedics responding to people affected by methamphetamines in the first study ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Medications
How AI can help design drugs to treat opioid addiction
Approximately three million Americans suffer from opioid use disorder, and every year more than 80,000 Americans die from overdoses. Opioid drugs, such as heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone and morphine, activate opioid receptors. ...
Feb 18, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows kleptomaniacs exhibit distinct patterns of gazing and brain activity
A team of researchers at Kyoto University has recently found that patients with kleptomania exhibit distinct patterns of gazing and brain activity when shown images with environmental cues relevant to their symptoms. Such ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists identify how repeated cocaine use increases addictiveness
Scientists have identified the brain structures responsible for compulsive drug-seeking behaviors due to repeated use of cocaine. The findings, published in Biomedicines, identifies the structures involved and neural pathways ...
Feb 10, 2023
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Addiction
Hit hard by opioid crisis, Canadian province decriminalizes small amounts of hard drugs
To fight an urgent opioid overdose crisis, a Canadian province took an unusual step on Tuesday.
Jan 31, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Prevalence and clinical correlates of antisocial personality disorder in Chinese methamphetamine patients
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a common adult psychiatric disorder characterized by low self-control, lack of empathy, disregard for others, and high levels of impulsivity and aggression. Many studies have shown ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Neuroscience
New insights on the neural mechanisms underlying compulsive drug use during cocaine addiction
Drug addiction is characterized by compulsive drug use among individuals despite adverse consequences underlying such tendencies. However, the specific neural circuits underlying the mechanisms of addictive behavior remain ...
Health
COVID: unvaccinated people may be seen as 'free riders' and face discrimination
More than five billion people globally have now been vaccinated against COVID-19. Of course, many of the three billion or so who haven't may not yet have been able to access a COVID vaccine, particularly in low-income countries. ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Medications
US sues top drug firm over opioid distribution
The US Justice Department sued leading drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Thursday, alleging that despite the country's addiction crisis the company has failed to report suspicious pharmacy orders for addictive opioids as ...
Dec 29, 2022
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