Skip to content

Americans are increasingly addicted to opioids. People in poor countries die in agony without them

Americans are increasingly addicted to opioids. People in poor countries die in agony without them

It was not difficult, she recalls from her office at the North Wilkesboro addiction-treatment centre she opened in February, after three years of sobriety.
See all stories on this topic

Gender‐specific effects of comorbid depression and anxiety on the propensity to drink in negative emotional states

ConclusionsThere appears to be a higher prevalence of comorbid depression and anxiety disorders as well as propensity to drink in negative emotional situations in female compared with male alcoholics. Substance‐induced depression appears to have a sex‐specific effect on the increased risk for drinking in negative emotional situations in males. This article is protected by copyright. All rights
See all stories on this topic

Using Computational Classifiers to Detect Chronic Alcoholism

Addiction to alcohol is one of the commonest problems in human society. The tribes of the Jharkhand state of India are also generally addicted to a homemade alcohol Mahuwa, fermented from the flower of Madura longifolia. In the present work, the effects of Mahuwa on the cerebral cortex of the brain are evaluated. The digital brain signals or electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded from frontal, ce
See all stories on this topic

Could cannabis help prevent prescription painkiller abuse? Medical marijuana ‘reduces use of addictive opioid meds’ 

Scientists revealed chronic pain patients using medical marijuana reported a 64 per cent decrease in their use of prescription painkillers. The findings suggest cannabis could help curb the ongoing opioid epidemic Medical marijuana reduces the use of prescription opioids in those patients battling chronic pain, experts revealed. Patients using cannabis to control chronic pain reported a 64 per ce
See all stories on this topic

Drug Abuse Experts Stump for Opioid Addiction Tx Bill

WASHINGTON — Government health officials pressed a House committee for more resources to address the rise in overdose deaths from legal and illicit opioids at a hearing on Tuesday. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act earlier in March, which would authorize the Attorney General to distribute grants for the treatment of opioid addiction for prisoners,
See all stories on this topic

Published inAddiction

Be First to Comment

Leave a Reply