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Addiction: Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain-they change its structure and how it works. These brain changes can be long-lasting, and can lead to the harmful behaviors seen in people who abuse drugs. Addiction is a lot like other diseases, such as heart disease. Both disrupt the normal, healthy functioning of the underlying organ, have serious harmful consequences, and are preventable and treatable, but if left untreated, can last a lifetime.
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DEC 06, 2023Technology
Is phone and digital media addiction real? If so, what steps can be taken to mitigate it? This is something that a recen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 05, 2023Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in Addiction examines the potential risk levels between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and develop ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 31, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Chemists generate a new small molecule drug treasure trove that might contain a pharmacological treatment for cocaine ad ...Written By: Amielle MorenoAUG 24, 2023Cannabis Sciences
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A recent paper published in the journal Addiction discusses a meta-analysis (a study of previous research) that attempts ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 18, 2023Cannabis Sciences
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A recent trial conducted at the University of Sydney has raised doubts about the effectiveness of opioids...Written By: Amielle MorenoJUN 15, 2023Cannabis Sciences
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Interested in understanding the interaction between cannabis and the impacts of HIV on the brain, a team of researc ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanMAY 22, 2023Cannabis Sciences
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A study found that the short-term effects of vaporized cannabis do not differ between adolescents and adults. The study ...Written By: Kerry CharronAPR 07, 2023Health & Medicine
According to a study conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine and published in Nature Mental Healt ...Written By: Kerry CharronMAR 04, 2023Neuroscience
Adult smokers with mental illness drink more coffee than those without mental illness. The corresponding study was publi ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 25, 2023Health & Medicine
A study by the University of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and published in Biological Psychiat ...Written By: Kerry CharronFEB 07, 2023Cardiology
1 in 8 Americans over 50 show signs of addiction to processed foods.Written By: Savannah LoganJAN 26, 2023Cannabis Sciences
Scientists disagree on the medicinal benefits of cannabis. Here's why.Written By: Helaine KrysikJAN 26, 2023Immunology
"Original antigenic sin" is a phenomenon that was identified in 1960; it refers to s situation in which the im ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2023Cannabis Sciences
Experts disagree as to what the risks are from consuming cannabis, if any. Here's the details.Written By: Helaine Krysik
DEC 06, 2023
Technology
Is phone and digital media addiction real? If so, what steps can be taken to mitigate it? This is something that a recen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 05, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in Addiction examines the potential risk levels between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and develop
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 31, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Chemists generate a new small molecule drug treasure trove that might contain a pharmacological treatment for cocaine ad
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
AUG 24, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
The topic of cannabis and cannabis science seems to come up in the news almost daily, from its recreational and medicina
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 22, 2023
Neuroscience
Revelations from across neuroscience underscore that obesity may be more than just skin deep, tracing its roots to neuro
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUL 27, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A recent paper published in the journal Addiction discusses a meta-analysis (a study of previous research) that attempts
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 18, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A study from Linköping University in Sweden found that high levels of the body’s cannabinoid substances poten
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUL 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Before the Cambrian explosion, also known as the biological big bang, produced a huge array of animals. But the foundati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent trial conducted at the University of Sydney has raised doubts about the effectiveness of opioids...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUN 15, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
As the legalization of cannabis continues to expand across the United States and throughout the world, the risk of devel
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 08, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use disorder, also known as CUD, is described as the addiction to cannabis, with approximately 14 million canna
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 02, 2023
Neuroscience
A diagnosis of obesity may precede mental health diagnoses more often than the other way around. The corresponding study
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 24, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Interested in understanding the interaction between cannabis and the impacts of HIV on the brain, a team of researc
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
MAY 22, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic compound found in over 200 mushroom species, and the substance has significant therapeuti
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
MAY 18, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine conducted one of the first studies of COVID-19 impacts on access to
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
MAY 03, 2023
Immunology
Is vaping CBD worse for your lungs than nicotine? Vaping is a commonly accepted form of smoking in which liquid is heate
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
APR 14, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A study found that the short-term effects of vaporized cannabis do not differ between adolescents and adults. The study
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
APR 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
According to a study conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine and published in Nature Mental Healt
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
MAR 04, 2023
Neuroscience
Adult smokers with mental illness drink more coffee than those without mental illness. The corresponding study was publi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 25, 2023
Health & Medicine
A study by the University of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and published in Biological Psychiat
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
FEB 07, 2023
Cardiology
1 in 8 Americans over 50 show signs of addiction to processed foods.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JAN 26, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Scientists disagree on the medicinal benefits of cannabis. Here's why.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
JAN 26, 2023
Immunology
"Original antigenic sin" is a phenomenon that was identified in 1960; it refers to s situation in which the im
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Experts disagree as to what the risks are from consuming cannabis, if any. Here's the details.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik