Category: Substance abuse

Rat study reveals long-term effects of adolescent amphetamine abuse on the brain

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign media release: A study of rats given regular, high doses of amphetamine finds that those exposed to the drug at an age corresponding to… Read more »

Research pinpoints devastating impacts of fetal alcohol syndrome

From the University of Sydney media release: Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are affected by a range of problems, including anxiety, depression, aggression, delinquency and diminished learning capacity a new… Read more »

Study links Facebook connections, alcohol use in college-aged females

From the University of Georgia media release: Researchers at the University of Georgia have found links between certain patterns of connections among Facebook friends and drug and alcohol use among college-aged… Read more »

Heavy drinkers, drugs users underestimate their levels of consumption compared to others’

From the London School of Economics (LSE) media release: Heavy drinkers and users of illegal drugs downplay their relative levels of consumption, when comparing themselves to others, reveals research by the… Read more »

Psychiatric assessments for predicting violence are ineffective

From the University of Queen Mary London media release: Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and should be abandoned in all future studies,… Read more »