Addiction: Relatively Speaking

Published December 16, 2012

Addiction: Relatively Speaking

Filed under: cocaine addiction help

Paradoxical as that may sound, scientists are looking for pathways that could lead to drugs that will help fight the disease. Psychiatrist Thomas Kosten at Baylor University has been working on a vaccine that takes the high out of cocaine by …
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Controversial Surgery for Addiction Burns Away Brain's Pleasure Center

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Carl Hart, associate professor of psychology at Columbia University and author of the leading college textbook on psychoactive drugs, says animal studies suggest the approach may ultimately fail as an effective treatment for addiction; a 1984 …
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Your comments: Ithaca's mayor and marijuana

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The writer also cites the above addiction risks but counters that risk pales in comparison with the public health burden associated with alcohol and cigarette use. Like others, those, this reader worries that sanctioning marijuana for medical use will …
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