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Substance Abuse is an excessively habitual partaking in drugs or alcohol. The effects of substance abuse can be harmful both mentally and physically and can lead to addictive tendencies. The most commonly abused substances are alcohol and opioids, which can cause problems such as heart and liver damage.
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AUG 27, 2020Health & Medicine
People who use cannabis every day for six months are a quarter (25 percent) more likely to stop injecting opioids than t ...Written By: Angela DowdenAUG 15, 2020Technology
Homelessness remains the dark backdrop of a society that needs to do better. While programs have been created to address ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 30, 2020Health & Medicine
It may be a federally legal crop, but the Sailors and Marines of the US navy have been told they cannot use hemp in any ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUL 29, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new study suggests that trace amounts of lithium in drinking water are associated with lower rates of suicide in certa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 21, 2020Health & Medicine
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has produced guidelines for research into cannabis-related ingre ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUL 08, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers have found that the maternal instinct can override the brain's decision-making regions to prioritize car ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have shown that MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has therapeutic effects that last over a year in treating post-t ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 12, 2020Cannabis Sciences
While 12% of adults in the US claim to have smoked cannabis, the same figure stands at 22% for those aged between 18 and ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 06, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more mainstream, increasing numbers of people from every age bracket are using them. Researc ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 01, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Hangovers from alcohol and other substances are well known. However, just like with alcohol, after using cannabis, also ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As legal restrictions loosen around the recreational use of cannabis, researchers are becoming increasingly concerned ab ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 25, 2020Cardiology
Hospitals around the US have reported that people aged between 20 and 50 with no risk factors are dying from strokes aft ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
New research has found that teenage cannabis use may make the brain more susceptible to the effects of cocaine. "It ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2020Cardiology
Fewer and fewer people have heart attacks in the US thanks to improved lifestyle factors, such as a general reduction in ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 15, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis has become more and more popular for both medical and recreational use, researchers are increasingly able to ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 13, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Health experts from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the American Lung Association have said that smoking cannab ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 01, 2020Health & Medicine
Now that cannabis products are legal in many states across the U.S., law officials need a quick and reliable way to test ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Under federal law, cannabis is illegal and considered a class 1 drug, meaning that it is perceived to have no medical va ...JAN 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Research carried out by the University of Minnesota Medical School indicates a new drug target for treating a drug addic ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by repeated trauma to the head, like a boxer, football player, or soldi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Recreational cannabis is legal in 10 states and Washington, DC, but regulations regarding potency do not exist. The resu ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 27, 2019Health & Medicine
A recent article in the Chicago Tribune explains that Dr. Steven Aks, director of toxicology at Stroger Hospital in Chic ...DEC 09, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Lots of people drink alcohol, but not everyone develops a drinking problem. Researchers are starting to learn more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2019Health & Medicine
The U.S. government is weighing in on the hot topic of whether or not medical marijuana is a successful tool in treating ...
AUG 27, 2020
Health & Medicine
People who use cannabis every day for six months are a quarter (25 percent) more likely to stop injecting opioids than t
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
AUG 15, 2020
Technology
Homelessness remains the dark backdrop of a society that needs to do better. While programs have been created to address
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 30, 2020
Health & Medicine
It may be a federally legal crop, but the Sailors and Marines of the US navy have been told they cannot use hemp in any
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUL 29, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new study suggests that trace amounts of lithium in drinking water are associated with lower rates of suicide in certa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has produced guidelines for research into cannabis-related ingre
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUL 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers have found that the maternal instinct can override the brain's decision-making regions to prioritize car
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have shown that MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has therapeutic effects that last over a year in treating post-t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 12, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
While 12% of adults in the US claim to have smoked cannabis, the same figure stands at 22% for those aged between 18 and
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 06, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more mainstream, increasing numbers of people from every age bracket are using them. Researc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 01, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Hangovers from alcohol and other substances are well known. However, just like with alcohol, after using cannabis, also
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As legal restrictions loosen around the recreational use of cannabis, researchers are becoming increasingly concerned ab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 25, 2020
Cardiology
Hospitals around the US have reported that people aged between 20 and 50 with no risk factors are dying from strokes aft
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
New research has found that teenage cannabis use may make the brain more susceptible to the effects of cocaine. "It
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2020
Cardiology
Fewer and fewer people have heart attacks in the US thanks to improved lifestyle factors, such as a general reduction in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 15, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis has become more and more popular for both medical and recreational use, researchers are increasingly able to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 13, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Health experts from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the American Lung Association have said that smoking cannab
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 01, 2020
Health & Medicine
Now that cannabis products are legal in many states across the U.S., law officials need a quick and reliable way to test
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Under federal law, cannabis is illegal and considered a class 1 drug, meaning that it is perceived to have no medical va
...
JAN 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Research carried out by the University of Minnesota Medical School indicates a new drug target for treating a drug addic
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by repeated trauma to the head, like a boxer, football player, or soldi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Recreational cannabis is legal in 10 states and Washington, DC, but regulations regarding potency do not exist. The resu
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 27, 2019
Health & Medicine
A recent article in the Chicago Tribune explains that Dr. Steven Aks, director of toxicology at Stroger Hospital in Chic
...
DEC 09, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Lots of people drink alcohol, but not everyone develops a drinking problem. Researchers are starting to learn more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2019
Health & Medicine
The U.S. government is weighing in on the hot topic of whether or not medical marijuana is a successful tool in treating
...