Causes Of Addiction in the News

Causes Of Addiction: Molecular Imaging Shows Chronic Marijuana Smoking Affects Brain Chemistry
Chronic use of marijuana causes a decrease in brain receptors that bind with the psychoactive chemical in cannabis Definitive proof of an adverse effect of chronic marijuana use revealed at SNM’s 58th Annual Meeting could lead to potential drug treatments and aid other research involved in cannabinoid receptors, a neurotransmission system receiving a lot of attention. Scientists used molecular …
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Causes Of Addiction: Potential new target for smoking cessation without weight gain
A new study uncovers a brain mechanism that could be targeted for new medications designed to help people quit smoking without gaining weight. This research, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that a specific subclass of brain nicotinic receptor is involved in nicotine’s ability to reduce food intake in rodents. Prior research …
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Causes Of Addiction: Kimberly Garrison: How sugar became my bitter enemy
I HATE TO ADMIT this, but I’m an addict. That’s right. I am a slave to sugar, and until I came to terms with this simple fact, I struggled to keep excess weight off.
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Causes Of Addiction: Casey Calvert

[[IF YOU’RE HERE TO TRASH TALK CASEY, THEN JUST LEAVE. WHY WATCH A VIDEO DEDICATED TO HIM IF YOU DON’T EVEN LIKE HIM?]] Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert, 26, was pronounced dead on Saturday after police were called to the band’s tour bus outside Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club around 2:30 pm and found him unconscious. The Washington Post reported that Calvert’s death came one day after he and his bandmates — frontman JT Woodruff, guitarist Micah Carli, bassist Matt Ridenour and drummer Eron Bucciarelli — boarded the bus to begin their Wintour 2007 outing, which kicked off Friday night in Detroit. Police are still awaiting results of an autopsy, though some reports speculate that his death might have been caused by a pre-existing condition related to acute asthma. News of Calvert’s untimely death is being greeted with shock and sadness by his fans and his fellow musicians, who remembered him as a kind and caring soul who loved to laugh and loved being in a band with his best friends. An autopsy report released today has confirmed that Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert died as a result of “acute combined effects of opiate, citalopram and clonazepam intoxication.” Calvert had battled depression for some time, and had been prescribed a variety of medical treatments. It appears that these medications, taken in tandem with an unnamed opiate, led to an accidental case of suffocation due to the involuntary closure of his airways. It has been suggested by the band that …

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