drug use

Risk takers, drug abusers driven by decreased ability to process dopamine

harminka — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:45:18 -0600

For risk-takers and impulsive people, New Year's resolutions often include being more careful, spending more frugally and cutting back on dangerous behavior, such as drug use.

Drug-related cues may sway adolescent preference more strongly

harminka — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:35:59 -0500

New drug research suggests that teens may get addicted and relapse more easily than adults because developing brains are more powerfully motivated by drug-related cues. This conclusion has been reached by researchers who found that adolescent rats given cocaine – a powerfully addicting stimulant – were more likely than adults to prefer the place where they got it.

Environmental enrichment can reduce cocaine use

harminka — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:59:50 -0500

Simple environmental enrichment and increased social stress can both affect the level of individual drug use, according to new monkey research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

There's no excuse for my behaviour: Carey

seher — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:30:49 -0500

Disgraced former AFL star Wayne Carey says he is not using his drug and alcohol abuse as an excuse for bad behaviour.

I drank every single weekend: Carey

seher — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:21:57 -0500

Troubled former AFL legend Wayne Carey has admitted to drinking alcohol after every game during his career.

Figures show fewer people starting ice use

Dinka — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:18:27 -0500

The latest trends on drug use in Australia show that people are turning away from taking up the use of crystal amphetamine, more commonly known as ice.

Friends help friends avoid drug use

harminka — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:58:16 -0500

High-risk teenagers who participate in peer-led substance abuse prevention programs reduce their drug use by approximately 15 percent versus traditional curricula, suggests a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). The study will appear in the journal Addiction, and is now available online.

Britney Spears ordered to undergo drug testing

Dinka — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:51:30 -0500

A Superior Court Commissioner has ordered Britney Spears to undergo random drug testing and hire a parenting coach to help her raise her children with ex-husband Kevin Federline, court papers show.

Treat mental illness and drug use together, experts urge

Dinka — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:54:12 -0500

Thousands of young Australians dealing with the dual problems of substance abuse and mental illness may be being denied help. A conference in Melbourne has heard that many services are not handling the joint issues properly and are simply passing young, vulnerable clients on to other services.

Half a million Australian drug users fighting mental illness

Dinka — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:37:53 -0500

The Mental Health Council of Australia says up to 500,000 Australians are facing the dual challenge of substance use and mental illness.

Sewage tells tales about community-wide drug abuse

harminka — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:57:31 -0500

Public health officials may soon be able to flush out more accurate estimates on illegal drug use in communities across the country thanks to screening test described here today at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.

Where do Canadians with alcohol, drug problems live?

harminka — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:57:36 -0500

If you think the big cities of Toronto and Montreal have the highest rate of alcohol and drug use problems, think again.