What are Bath Salts?
Bath salts are among the newest of designer drugs. Sometimes referred to as ‘fake cocaine’, bath salts are a type of amphetamine. This highly dangerous substance was originally made up of legal ingredients in labs, but more recently a number of western countries have begun to declare some of the substances used in the creation […]
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s pot stance heats up Canadian politics
As many Canadian politicians seem to be revealing they have smoked pot in the past, it is no wonder that pot is making the headlines across the country. Whether it’s MP Justin Trudeau, or Toronto’s mayor Rob Ford, it seems that our leaders are not ashamed of their recreational use of this drug. While our […]
Food for Thought: Important New Scientific Findings That May Alter Addiction
Important New Scientific Findings: Vegetable MicroRNA Actually Changes Our Genes! Can This Possibly Mean that it Can Help Ward off Drug and Alcohol Addiction? Professor Chenyu Zhang, Nanjing University’s Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, set out with his team to find out whether it is our cells or it is plants that make up […]
Science and Emotion and Drug Addiction Exposed: A Review of Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs by Dr. Marc Lewis
Dr. Marc Lewis’ book, Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs, has only been out a few weeks and already the reviews are rolling in praising the work as a both a literary and a scientific achievement: Ian Brown of the Globe and Mail calls it a “…picture of […]
Older Americans with Alcohol Addiction Problems Tend to Drink More
New research suggests that older problem drinkers’ habits differ from their younger counterparts, as well as from older non-problem drinkers. New research from Ohio State University suggests that older problem drinkers, whose drinking is classified as either alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence, drink significantly more and more often than their younger counterparts. Researchers say that […]
Study in UK Reveals Dangers of Ketamine
New research from the UK links Ketamine with memory loss and other adverse psychological effects, as well as reveals the drug might be more addictive than previously thought. Ketamine, also known as Speical K, has become an increasingly popular party drug, especially among young clubbers, due largely to its drop in price in recent years. […]
National Substance Abuse Conference Discusses The Role of Addiction Treatment Systems in Canada
At Issues of Substance 2009, over 13 sessions, The CCSA will also examine the role of treatment systems from a variety of perspectives, including Canada’s National Treatment Strategy (NTS) program. It is estimated, according to the CCSA, that only one in 10 persons requiring addiction treatment services actually receives it through the current health care […]
National Conference on Substance Abuse Examines Addiction and Mental Health
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) announced its biennial national conference on substance abuse, Issues of Substance 2009. There will be a number of discussions and sessions surrounding several major topics concerning the substance abuse community. A primary focus of the conference is co-occurring disorders—namely the role of neuroscience, mental health and addictions, and […]
Substance Abuse Becomes A Part of Med School Curriculumn
Drug addiction is often not sufficiently, if at all, covered in medical schools’ curriculum, despite being a national major public health issue. Addiction severely affects overall health, puts lives at risk, and results in a wide range of health conditions. In response to the education gap, the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) is launching […]