Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Nov 26, 2009, 1:31 pm
“Once an addict, always an addict.” When it comes to the neurobiology of addiction, the research community has made great strides in a few hectic years. However, as addiction counselor William Wh...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Nov 19, 2009, 6:09 am
One of those inconvenient truths. Government drug policy experts don’t like the numbers, which is one of the reasons why you probably haven’t seen them. Among the nations of Europe, the Netherlan...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Nov 12, 2009, 4:59 am
Christine Howell is a writer who regularly writes about online health care degrees and college related topics for Online College Guru, an online college directory and comparison website. While there ...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Nov 6, 2009, 12:44 pm
AIDS/harm reduction activists press Obama. First, the good news: After 20 years, the U.S. Congress has voted to remove the funding ban on syringe exchange programs designed to combat AIDS and to brin...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Nov 2, 2009, 2:27 pm
Speed freaks, coke heads, and antipsychotics. Last week, writing on the Daily Beast web site, reporter Jeff Deeney profiled a startling underground market for the antipsychotic medication Seroquel (q...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 30, 2009, 9:36 am
FDA lists meds for trash or toilet. A recent post here on the subject of illegal bong water in Minnesota—coupled with a perceptive comment by a reader about drugs in the water supply—got me think...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 25, 2009, 1:09 pm
Do drinking women face tougher odds? Everybody knows by now that it’s not safe to drink while pregnant. However, a new study of more than 2,500 couples enrolled in a course of in vitro fertilizat...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 23, 2009, 1:40 pm
State Supreme Court calls it a “drug mixture.” The lesson is clear: If you live in Minnesota, and you happen to own a bong, be sure to pour out the water after each use. Bong water is now offici...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 21, 2009, 5:12 pm
Dutch study of street MDMA. For 16 years, the Drugs Information Monitoring System (DIMS) in The Netherlands has gathered and analyzed tablets of purported MDMA sold on the street as Ecstasy. In a re...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 18, 2009, 1:48 pm
New study says it’s the lifestyle, not the alcohol. Ever since the first studies showed modest statistical health benefits for people who drank a light to moderate amount of alcohol, the...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 15, 2009, 4:45 pm
Firm secures funding for anti-craving tests. A Florida pharmaceutical company has secured financing for additional testing of the anti-addiction drug vigabatrin, despite the drug’s poor performance...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 14, 2009, 10:45 am
Addiction Inbox makes the cut. Addiction Inbox is pleased to find itself listed among the "Top 50 Smoking Health Awareness Blogs" by the Pharmacy Technician Certification web site. Here is the desc...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 11, 2009, 11:12 am
If 8 out of 10 addicts fail, is it really treatment? The British drug treatment and recovery community has been squabbling recently over annual figures published by the National Treatment Agency (NT...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 8, 2009, 10:56 am
Primary health care vs. mental health care. Mental health care, including addiction, has traditionally run on a separate but very unequal track, compared to primary health care. Of the more than 450...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Oct 5, 2009, 8:57 pm
Fool’s errand or necessary evil? In the cat-and-mouse game that is the designer drug industry, spinning new variations on old themes is the name of the game. When law enforcement and the courts de...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Sep 27, 2009, 3:44 pm
Is defoliating Afghanistan the answer? Last week, both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times declared that heroin addiction has reached epidemic proportions in Russia. However, Soviet drug enf...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Sep 23, 2009, 11:05 pm
An unintentional boost for cigar sales? When is a cigar more than just a cigar? When its appearance allows it to circumvent the intent of the Food and Drug Administration’s first ruling related to ...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Sep 20, 2009, 12:43 pm
Common vine extract may inhibit drinking. Score one for traditional Chinese folk medicine. A compound called daidzin, found in kudzu vine, acts like the anti-drinking medication Antabuse. Daidzin int...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Sep 9, 2009, 12:07 pm
How has decriminalization fared in Portugal? In 2001, amid lurid worldwide media coverage, Portugal made the decision to eliminate penalties for the personal use and possession of heroin, cocaine, an...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Sep 3, 2009, 11:36 am
Obama's September proclamation. Recovery Month, an annual September observance highlighting the benefits of substance abuse treatment, kicked off on August 31 when President Obama issued a...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 30, 2009, 8:55 pm
Addiction science gets a little air time. Been doing some publicity for my book, The Chemical Carousel. This radio interview with Diego Mulligan on KSFR in Santa Fe is from August 26th, and it turned...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 27, 2009, 8:12 pm
A famed movie critic tells his story. Excerpted from : “My Name is Roger, and I'm an alcoholic.” By Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times Posted on “Roger Ebert’s Journal,” August 25, 2009. ©...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 25, 2009, 11:53 am
Getting your fix at the doctor’s office. A group of Canadian researchers has demonstrated the truth of a practice commonly used in European countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland: Heroin ca...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 22, 2009, 2:56 pm
The answer may surprise you. They are not necessarily the poor, the desperate, or the weak-willed. A National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) study by Dr. Michael Nader and coworkers at Wake Fore...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 20, 2009, 10:46 pm
Simple moves to dodge a hangover. Let's face it: Despite all the folk remedies--ginseng, prickly pear extract, peanut butter, miso soup, and Vitamin B6, there really is no cure for a hangover exc...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 18, 2009, 3:55 pm
Punish the crime, treat the disorder. The alcoholic in A.A. and the cocaine addict on the street share a common appetite. This shared appetite, and the behaviors that come with it, are played out...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 16, 2009, 12:51 pm
Simple reasons to kick addictions. In a recent article for Scripps Howard News Service, Dr. Barton Goldsmith, a family therapist in California, listed "10 Reasons to Kick Addictions." Nothing in the...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 12, 2009, 9:38 pm
A powerful—and true—memoir of addiction. I’ll admit it: I don’t like drug memoirs. I didn’t like drug memoirs even before James Frey blew up the whole genre by telling a heartfelt story ab...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 5, 2009, 1:21 pm
FDA remains conflicted over safety concerns. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a controversial Safety Alert over electronic cigarettes, known as “e-cigarettes,â€Â...
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Dirk H. posted an article on Addiction Inbox - Aug 1, 2009, 3:35 pm
Addiction stigma is alive and well. Over at ScienceBlogs, Abel Pharmboy of Terra Sigillata blogged about astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s long struggle with depression and alcoholism. He also noted how he ...
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