addictive drugs

Processed Carbohydrates Are Addictive, Brain Study Suggests

...  carbohydrates are addictive, brain study suggests For example, the brain gets flooded with dopamine when people take addictive drugs including cocaine and nicotine. To find out how food intake was regulated by the dopamine-reward pathway, Ludwig and his colleagues… Continue reading

Health Care and Drug Abuse : A Reflection

...  A Reflection According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), nearly 200 million people are using illicit drugs such as cocaine, cannabis, hallucinogens, opiates and sedative hypnotics worldwide. The United Nations Office on Drugs and …… Continue reading

Kenya's Christians, Muslims Unite to Fight Addiction

...  to treatment and reducing the health risks, such as HIV transmission, associated with illicit drug use. Overall, they imply investing in … Read more on Vancouver Sun Electroretinography may be helpful for food addiction and obesity prevention … WebMD… Continue reading

The Fountain of Youth? Docs Say It's Sunscreen

...  fountain of youth? Docs say it's sunscreen Cocaine is one of the most highly addictive drugs on the market – according to a Dutch study on addictive potency, crack is second only to heroin. So for the 1.4 million… Continue reading

How Long Do the Effects of Heroin Last?

...  and help can be found online at Talk to Frank (i think it’s .co.uk). They operate in the U.K. and offer advice about the effects of all drugs including alcohol. They can also give numbers to call for your… Continue reading

Brooke Mueller Hospitalized for Prescription Drug Abuse, Rep Confirms

...  years of struggling with cocaine and heroin addiction and serving jail time, the actor is clean and sober. Amy Winehouse. Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home on July 23, 2011. The 27-year-old singer's life was… Continue reading