Traumatic Brain Injuries, Drugs and Alcohol Could Spell Trouble for Teens and Their Developing Brains
As Canadians, and as lovers of hockey and other contact sports, we hear a lot about concussions and other traumatic brain injuries. There have been calls for years to ban certain violent aspects of these sports for our younger players, but there is always that risk in hockey, football, soccer and others that someone could […]
Massachusetts Medical Students Are Being Trained to Deal With Addicts and Addiction
There are things we take for granted in life, and one of those most important things is that we rely on information that our doctors provide us. They have devoted an enormous amount of time to their studies and many sacrificed the young adult portions of their lives to learn a profession and the disciplines […]
What does your sewage say about your town’s drug habits
Understanding the amount that a certain population is using when it comes to drugs is an important statistic. It helps highlight trends, usage patterns and sheer amounts used, but how are researchers, law enforcement, governments and special interest groups going to identify just how much a community, city or state is using when it comes […]
Ireland’s Drug Problem is Making Some Experts Wish Alcohol Was Still Ireland’s Biggest Health Problem
It’s not everyday that a city can say they wish alcohol was still their major problem, but in Cork, Ireland, addiction and health experts are saying that they almost hanker for the days when middle-aged alcoholics were their biggest problem when pubs were the epicenter of socializing. Speakers at an Irish conference called The Rends […]
MDMA or Ecstasy reappears as Molly, popular new club drug
Ecstasy (AKA MDMA) is one of the most popular ‘club drugs’. It is completely man made, unlike marijuana and tobacco products. It is most commonly ingested by swallowing a pill and it takes about forty-five minutes for the high to kick in, a high that lasts about three to six hours. While the symptoms vary […]
Want to go insane? Try Crystal Meth….
Over the the course of its history, meth has been used for a variety of reasons, but more recently it has become one of the easiest and most effective ways to get high. Why? Because it’s inexpensive, easily made and can therefore be used by the poor and mentally ill alike. Methamphetamine works by stimulating […]
Meth in the Heartland
Recently we reviewed Methland, a look at America’s meth epidemic through the eyes of small town Olewein, Iowa.Earlier this week, a report from Iowa’s Office of Drug Control Policy found that, although alcohol remains the state’s number one intoxicant of choice, that marijuana and methamphetamine are the most abused illicit drugs by Iowans.The epidemic, it […]
Book Review: Methland
In Methland, New York journalist Nick Reeding serves up a realistic account of the destruction of Middle America at the hands of methamphetamine, as told through the eyes of one small Iowan town. Meth is a highly addictive and extremely potent stimulant that affects the central nervous system. The drug is injected, snorted, smoked, or […]