addiction

Nicotine Lozenges, Tobacco-Free Snuff Help Smokeless Tobacco Users Quit, Mayo Clinic Finds
02/19/2013 - 12:55

Smokeless tobacco users who said they didn't want to quit changed their minds or significantly cut back when given nicotine lozenges or tobacco-free snuff. in a Mayo Clinic study. The findings are published in the February issue of Addictive Behaviors.

 

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Drug abuse impairs sexual performance in men even after rehabilitation
01/17/2013 - 11:57

Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, and Santo Tomas University in Colombia have found that drug abuse negatively affects sexual performance in men even after years of abstinence. This finding contradicts other studies reporting that men spontaneously recovered their normal sexual performance at three weeks after quitting substance abuse.

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Rise in teen marijuana use stalls, use of synthetic marijuana and 'bath salts' is very low
12/19/2012 - 15:43

National samples of 45,000 to 50,000 students in three grades (8, 10, and 12) have been surveyed every year since 1991 as part of the nationwide Monitoring the Future study. Among the most important findings from this year's survey of U.S. secondary school students are the following:

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Drug-Related Choice Predicts Future Drug Use
12/18/2012 - 12:56

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have established a link between choice of drug-related images compared to other categories and drug use over the six months following the test. The research, published online in Drug and Alcohol Dependence on December 6, 2012, may ultimately help identify which individuals might be especially prone to relapse in drug addition.

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Study shows resistance to cocaine addiction may be passed down from father to son
12/16/2012 - 22:06

Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals that sons of male rats exposed to cocaine are resistant to the rewarding effects of the drug, suggesting that cocaine-induced changes in physiology are passed down from father to son. The findings are published in the latest edition of Nature Neuroscience.

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Study: Parents Key to Preventing Alcohol, Marijuana Use by Kids
12/04/2012 - 11:02

New research from North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University and the Pennsylvania State University finds that parental involvement is more important than the school environment when it comes to preventing or limiting alcohol and marijuana use by children.

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