New treatment may help kick pot addiction

New treatment may help kick pot addiction

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Researchers have found that a substance called kynurenic acid can blunt the rewarding effects of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana. Kynurenic acid works by blocking the receptors … To find out whether kynurenic acid could …
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Breaking Bad Normalizes Meth, Argues Prosecutor

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I'll continue to wonder about the long-term effects of mainstreaming such a dangerous drug into popular culture. I'll be mindful that there are others for whom the consequences of drug addiction are a miserable and persistent reality, not merely the …
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Overdose deaths driving up demand for methadone

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Methadone is one of the most widely used drugs in the treatment of addiction to heroin and other opiates. The clinic has about 550 clients, … The drug is routinely used in clinical settings to reverse the effects of opiate intoxication. Walgreen's …
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