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Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?
Question by Robert: is drug addiction a brain disease?
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Answer by Ian
Recent studies have increased our knowledge of how drugs affect gene expression and brain circuitry, and how these factors affect human behavior. “Drug addiction is a brain disease,” says Dr. Volkow. “Although initial drug use might be voluntary, once addiction develops this control is markedly disrupted. Imaging studies have shown specific abnormalities in the brains of some, but not all, addicted individuals. While scientific advancements in the understanding of addiction have occurred at unprecedented speed in recent years, unanswered questions remain that highlight the need for further research to better define the neurobiological processes involved in addiction.”
March Madness: Gateway to Gambling? For Some, Yes
… some unknowingly are introduced to an engulfing disorder. “I'm not saying it's not OK to go out to Las Vegas and place a bet on a team,” said Tim Otteman, an assistant professor at Central Michigan University and an internationally known expert on …
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What Causes Addiction?
Question by melon_rose: What causes addiction?
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Answer by Dave Yours Truly
Drug use or abuse crosses the line into drug addiction when you feel you have to have the drug, and you increase the amount of the drug you take. Various factors, such as your personality, your genetic makeup and peer pressure, affect your likelihood of becoming addicted to a drug. In addition, some drugs, such as heroin and cocaine, more quickly produce a physical addiction than other drugs do for many people.
Physical addiction appears to occur when repeated use of a drug alters reward pathways in your brain. The addicting drug causes physical changes to some nerve cells (neurons) in your brain.
Local Group Seeks to Fight Addiction to Pornography, the ‘New Drug’ – the Charlottesville Newsplex
Local Group Seeks to Fight Addiction to Pornography, the ‘New Drug’ – The Charlottesville Newsplex
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Local Group Seeks to Fight Addiction to Pornography, the 'New Drug'
The Charlottesville Newsplex Fight the New Drug makes three claims – porn causes addiction, porn harms society and porn hurts relationships. “Although it can help a person feel more sexual, it can also make their partner feel asexual,” Young said. The FTND team says an alternative … |
Causes of Addiction – Google News
Vodka and Russian men: a tempestuous (and tragic) love affair – Los Angeles Times
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Vodka and Russian men: a tempestuous (and tragic) love affair
Los Angeles Times The group's earlier research had found that the bulk of premature deaths of heavy drinkers in Russia were attributable to a cluster of "external" causes — accident, suicide, violence, alcohol poisoning — or a group of diseases including liver cancer … |
How to Stop Addiction: Research Links Asthma Increase With Electronic Devices – ABC Online
How to Stop Addiction: Research links asthma increase with electronic devices – ABC Online
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Research links asthma increase with electronic devices
ABC Online An Australian expert says that doesn't mean our addiction to electronic gadgets is responsible for the asthma epidemic, but it does warrant further research. TONY EASTLEY: Researchers in the United States are making a link between the western world's … |
How to Stop Addiction – Google News
How to Stop Addiction: Labour backs Government’s legal high ban – Stuff.co.nz
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Labour backs Government's legal high ban
Stuff.co.nz Health experts have been pressing for tighter controls on the products, which have been linked to addiction and psychotic episodes and can be bought in some dairies and on the internet. However the temporary crackdown would spark stockpiling and a … |
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Addiction Rehab: Why Narconon Drug Rehab Is Dangerous
Narconon, the drug rehab affiliate of the Church of Scientology, operates nearly 200 treatment facilities throughout the world; and in addition to this substantial physical investment, they also maintain a very impressive web presence, and much of the information on offer on the first page of Google on all topics related to addiction comes from Narconon or its related rehabs.
And it’s scary, because what they say seems so sensible and reasonable, and it’s only with further research do you find just how unfounded are their treatments, how completely unverified their practices, the low regard in which they are held by real addictions professionals, and how their method of drug rehab can even be dangerous.
Narconon, although Scientology, no actual science!
Abundant Food Choices May Overwhelm Brain – MD News (Press Release)
Causes of Addiction: Abundant Food Choices May Overwhelm Brain – MD News (press release)
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Abundant Food Choices May Overwhelm Brain
MD News (press release) Further research is needed to learn more about the underlying causes of overeating, the scientists say. “It is becoming clear that new pharmacologic therapies for overeating may end up being established drug addiction treatments,” the authors wrote. … |
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