The Case Against Legal Weed

The Case Against Legal Weed
Filed under: cocaine abuse and dependence
Between 1999 and 2007, the Centers for Disease Control, somewhat curiously, attributed 26 deaths to cannabis use—half in the subcategory “dependence.” But at least pot isn't addictive, right? Wrong. … criteria for marijuana dependency or abuse. The … Read more on Daily Beast

 

New approaches in the treatment of alcohol dependence
Filed under: cocaine abuse and dependence
A recent study discovered abnormalities in brain systems linked to controlling behaviour as measured by SSRT in both cocaine-dependent individuals and their biological siblings who had no history of chronic drug abuse (Ersche et al., 2012). These … Read more on Medical Xpress