Building Resistance in Adolescents: Peer Pressure vs. DARE
Two studies look at the influence of peer pressure and substance abuse prevention programs on the risk-taking behavior of adolescents.
Sobriety and Recovery — Know the Difference
Sobriety is a state, while recovery is a never-ending responsibility to dig into the emotional, psychological, and behavioral patterns that led the person into addiction in the first place.
Exploring Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
The New York Times has published an explosive new piece on Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, or CHS.
Will You or Won’t You: The Biased Choice Model of Addiction
The biased choice model of addiction argues that addiction is not a chronic brain disease and can be beaten with cognitive behavioral therapy.
A Pathway Out of Addiction?
Could a wearable ultrasound device be a pathway out of addiction, or even a way to prevent it?
The Next Best Thing to Wasted
Food coma has the same effect that opiate addicts crave — escape from the bonds of consciousness. Oblivion. Erasure of the environment.