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Substance Abuse, Crime And Re-Arrest For Drug-Involved Parolees Reduced By Behavior Therapy
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A study from Rhode Island Hospital has found that collaborative behavioral management may be effective in reducing substance abuse among convicted marijuana users who are paroled. The findings have important implications for the management of a substantial proportion of the U.S. community correctional population. The study is published in Addiction and is available online in advance of print...
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Memory Loss In Older Adults May Be Improved By Nicotine Patches
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Wearing a nicotine patch may help improve memory loss in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology...
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Physiological Reactions To Associated Images In Smokers Sees Them 'Salivate' To Cigarettes
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It is commonly known that, much like Pavlov's dogs salivating in response to hearing the bell they associate with dinner time, smokers feel cravings and have physiological reactions to pictures they associate with smoking. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that a smoker's cravings can also be trained to non-smoking related stimuli...
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18 Votes
Marijuana Ingredients - How Does Brain Functioning React To Visual Stimuli?
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A report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals shows that different ingredients in marijuana seem to affect brain regions differently during brain processing functions that involve responses to certain visual stimuli and tasks. Dr...
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Chinese Herbal Medicine May Provide Novel Treatment For Alcohol Abuse
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UCLA researchers have identified how a component of an ancient Chinese herbal anti-hangover medicine called dihydromyricetin, isolated from the plant Hovenia, counteracts acute alcohol intoxication and withdrawal symptoms...
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Adolescent Drinking May Be As Important A Risk Factor For Criminal Activity As Illicit Drug Use
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Alcohol use has often been linked to criminal activity on the part of both perpetrators as well as victims. While this relationship has been well documented among adults, fewer studies have explored this relationship among adolescents. A new study has found a strong relationship between drinking during adolescence and the commission of crimes, and criminal victimization, for both genders...
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Vanderbilt Emergency Department Urges Responsible Alcohol Consumption While Ringing In The New Year
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With the countdown to 2012 just around the corner, Vanderbilt's Emergency Department is bracing for what is likely to be one of the busiest weekends of the year. Alcohol-related injuries and deaths typically spike on New Year's Eve, causing physicians and staff to prepare for an influx of patients requiring help after overconsumption...
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Adolescents Engaging In Group Sex
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One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher...
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