February 26th, 2010 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For Health Professionals
A report that contains an analysis of the drug control situation worldwide so that Governments are kept aware of existing and potential situations that may endanger the objectives of the international drug control treaties. It looks at the history of international drug control as in 2009 it will commemorate 100 years of such control.
March 1st, 2009 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For College Students, For Health Professionals, For Parents, For Youth, Interesting Information
I used to have fairly liberal views on cannabis and have compared it favourably in the past with alcohol and tobacco, both of which exact a bigger toll on our society than all illegal drugs combined. [...]
February 16th, 2009 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For College Students, For Health Professionals, For Youth, Medicine & Health
Smoking marijuana over an extended period of time appears to greatly boost a young man’s risk for developing a particularly aggressive form of testicular cancer, a new study reveals. [...]
January 21st, 2009 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For Health Professionals, Medicine & Health
One difference between a smoker and an ex-smoker is that the latter has successfully overcome cravings for tobacco. To learn how people achieve this feat, NIDA-funded researcher Dr. Arthur Brody has been looking inside the brains of would-be quitters. [...]
January 21st, 2009 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For Health Professionals, Medicine & Health
Marijuana (derived from the Cannabis sativa plant) is not a pure, single-chemical substance. Marijuana is a complex, unstable mixture of over four hundred chemicals that, when smoked, produce over two thousand chemicals. Among those two thousand chemicals are many pollutants and cancer-causing substances. [...]
January 21st, 2009 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For Health Professionals, Medicine & Health
1. Modern medicine does not condone smoking medications or potions. We follow a process through the FDA to assure that medications are safe and effective. Marijuana has never passed the safety and efficacy tests by the FDA and thus jeopardizes consumer protection. The FDA opposes medical excuse marijuana and. [...]
December 6th, 2008 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in Alcohol and Tobacco, For College Students, For Educators, For Health Professionals, For Youth, Medicine & Health
There is a movement among college presidents (the Amethyst movement) to lower the drinking age. Here is a response. [...]
December 6th, 2008 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For Health Professionals, Interesting Information
We know that methadone is the best drug used in addiction treatment. Therefore our only problem in addiction medicine is that we do not have a methadone for all the other drugs of addiction. Leading Science Administrators in Australia and USA. [...]
October 15th, 2008 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in Drug Culture, For Health Professionals, Interesting Information
The number of people admitted to hospital in England with mental illnesses linked to use of illegal drugs has doubled in the past decade, official figures revealed yesterday. The NHS Information Centre said 38,170 adults and children were admitted with [...]
October 15th, 2008 | Full text | published by BRAHA Editor in For Health Professionals, Medicine & Health, Psychoactive Substances
In the wake of a meeting of the UK government’s advisory body on drugs to discuss the harmful effects of ecstasy, Professor Keith Laws and Professor Fabrizio Schifano will reveal research findings about the drug at the university’s Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase on October 21. [...]
The world’s best business model has always been addiction. Tobacco and alcohol have been around for ages, but new temptations and spinoffs are being marketed all the time: meth, painkillers, energy drinks, you name it.
Importantly, the study also finds that the risk of violence from patients with psychoses who also have substance use disorder is no greater than those who have a substance use disorder but who do not have a psychotic illness – in other words, schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses do not appear to be responsible for any additional risk of violence above the increased risk associated with substance abuse.
Smoking marijuana over an extended period of time appears to greatly boost a young man’s risk for developing a particularly aggressive form of testicular cancer, a new study reveals. [...]
Relief from pain. In some people, prescription pain relievers also cause euphoria or feelings of well being by affecting the brain regions that mediate pleasure. This is why they are abused. Other effects include drowsiness, constipation and slowed breathing. [...]
On Sunday researchers at the University of Buffalo reported that Ritalin, used on children diagnosed with ADHD, may cause long-term changes in the brain. Many clinicians regard Ritalin as short-acting but the research with gene expression in an animal model suggests that it has the potential for causing long-lasting changes [...]
The body produces many chemicals and hormones, i.e., histamines, steroids, thyroid hormone, digitalis-like substances, adrenalin, etc, all of which work by attaching to corresponding brain receptors. The key is that these natural substances produced by the body are present in nanogram amounts [...]
As California State Assembly member Tom Ammiano put it: “What if California could raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue to preserve vital state services without any tax increase?” [...]
“The fight against drugs is actually the fight for Afghanistan,” said Afghan President Hamid Karzai when he took office in 2002. Judging by the current situation, Afghanistan is losing. [...]
Among the things everybody knows is that Democrats, being the party of the little people, raise money in small contributions, whereas Republicans, being the party of fat cats, raise funds in huge basketfuls from wealthy corporate types. At least, that’s the way the world is usually portrayed by the “Today Show,” The New York Times and the Democratic Party. So it’s of more than passing interest to see [...]