Inside the Brains of Addicts

Published January 8, 2014

Inside the brains of addicts
Filed under: effects of cocaine abuse on the brain
“I think addiction treatment is moving in the direction of acceptance that addictions have a brain basis – that they are not just a disorder of choice or a moral failing,” said F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., division chair of addiction psychiatry in the VCU … Read more on The Almagest

Executed Against the Judgment of 12 Jurors
Filed under: effects of cocaine abuse on the brain
There was some evidence that Ferguson had mental health problems—he had been committed previously to a state mental hospital—but Judge Fuller was not sufficiently moved to consider his mental illness a mitigating circumstance. In fact, as with …. A … Read more on The Atlantic