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Letter: Science, not bias, should rule response to Philly 'safe-injection' site proposal

Letter: Science, not bias, should rule response to Philly ‘safe-injection’ site proposal

(A previous iteration of the Foundation ran rehab centers for youth using systematic physical abuse.) Yet, Davies’ article, along with a piece of commentary by Colin Mangham, another paid researcher, was used to criticize the very first SIF in North America. Opioid users have been dying of overdoses for …
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This millennial developed an exceedingly simple solution to smartphone addiction now used in …

Graham Dugoni was at a music festival in San Francisco in 2012 when he witnessed something that disturbed him. A man was dancing, uninhibited, perhaps drunk, losing himself in the moment. Some strangers thought it was funny, so they filmed it and uploaded it to YouTube. It’s the kind of thing that …
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Impact of sleep and circadian rhythms on addiction vulnerability in adolescents – Logan RW, Hasler BP, Forbes EE, Franzen PL, Torregrossa MM, Huang YH, Buysse DJ, Clark DB, McClung CA.

Sleep homeostasis and circadian function are important maintaining factors for optimal health and well-being. Conversely, sleep and circadian disruptions are implicated in a variety of adverse health outcomes, including substance use disorders. These risks… (Source: SafetyLit)MedWorm Message: Have you tried our new medical search engine? More powerful than before. Log on with your social media a
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‘Dangerous gaming’: is the WHO right to class excessive video game play as a health disorder?

Industry figures question research that ‘pathologises’ compulsive gaming, while scientist involved defends move to address addictionTheWorld Health Organization (WHO) has included “gaming disorder” in its draft for the next edition of its diagnostic manual, theInternational Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which is due for final release this year. The disorder is characterised by behav
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Medical News Today: E-cigarette flavors found to be toxic

Vaping is not as safe as we would want to think, according to a new study, as the flavors used are found to be toxic and can damage white blood cells. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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