Category: Addictions

Giving up cigarettes linked with recovery from illicit substance use disorders

From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health press release: Smokers in recovery from illicit drug use disorders are at greater risk of relapsing three years later compared with those… Read more »

Aggression disorder linked to greater risk of substance abuse

From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: People with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) — a condition marked by frequent physical or verbal outbursts — are at five times greater… Read more »

Anxiety is a stronger harbinger of alcohol problems than stress

From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: Stress and anxiety are widely believed to contribute to drinking. Alcohol is thought to reduce tension caused by stress (the “flight or fight”… Read more »

Alcoholism may be caused by dynamical dopamine imbalance

From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: Researchers from the Higher School of Economics, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, Indiana University and the Russian Academy of Sciences Nizhny… Read more »

Baby boomers on a bender: Emerging trends in alcohol binge and use disorders among older adults

From the New York University media release: Alcohol is the most commonly used psychoactive substance among older adults, and this group can have unique risks associated with alcohol consumption — in even… Read more »

Telephone-based intervention shows promise in combating alcohol abuse among soldiers

From the University of Washington media release: Alcohol abuse is pervasive in the military, where a culture of heavy drinking and the stress of deployment lead many soldiers down a troubled path…. Read more »

First atomic-level image of the human ‘marijuana receptor’ unveiled

From the Scripps Research Institute media release: In a discovery that advances the understanding of how marijuana works in the human body, an international group of scientists, including those from the… Read more »