The No-Help Cycle: Jail Fails Addicts
... services, 22.7 percent of inmates with substance use disorders participated in mutual support/peer counseling and 14.2 percent received drug education; however, such services alone are unlikely to create lasting behavioral changes … Read more on Scientific American (blog) Concerns… Continue reading
How Do You Get Rats Off Coke? With Lasers
... Do You Get Rats Off Coke? With Lasers Past studies have shown that rats (and humans) who are "compulsively addicted to cocaine" have low brain activity in the "prefrontal cortex–a brain region fundamental for impulse control, decision making and… Continue reading
McGowan Shares Advice in 'Last Lecture'
... Shares Advice in 'Last Lecture' The basis of his studies, for instance, resulted from a mistake: as a Georgetown statistics professor preparing to write his dissertation, he found himself lost on Washington St. and, entering a building to borrow… Continue reading
Pro-Kremlin Youth Hunt Down 'spice' Pushers
... youth hunt down 'spice' pushers Vigilantes fighting the drug's spread with widespread public approval, admiring television coverage — and, according to critics, the Kremlin's tacit blessing. The anti-drug … The vigilantes, who call themselves the Young Anti-Drugs Special Forces… Continue reading
Four-Legged Officer on the Job in Wayne
... to … Read more on Hometownlife.com Ten Indicted in Alleged West Side Drug Conspiracy Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa M. Marangola, who is handling the case, stated that according to previously filed complaints, the defendants are allegedly members of a… Continue reading
More Arrests in Trumbull Drug Ring
... arrests in Trumbull drug ring Drug convictions will send a criminal to jail for 1 to 10 years, while a federal gun violation can be 10 to 20 years! If we have the opportunity to convict for federal weapons… Continue reading