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• Review: Memoirs of an Addicted Brain

  

  “I’m a drug addict turned neuroscientist.” What’s it like to swallow 400 milligrams of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, better known as Romilar cough syrup? Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 BOOKS, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What's in That X Pill, Ravers?

  

  Ecstasy comes loaded with other drugs. I'm not a huge fan of infographics, mostly because they tend to overpromise and are often marred by factual errors.... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Addiction Doctors Pick Top Ten Journal Articles

  

  A screen for problem gambling, medications for insomniac alcoholics, and more. A group of addiction doctors presented a Top Ten List of peer-reviewed article... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Drug For Marijuana Withdrawal?

  

  Researchers get good results with gabapentin. Marijuana, as researchers and pundits never tire of pointing out, is the most widely used illegal drug in the... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Dude, Where’s My Metaconsciousness?

  

  “Lost in the sauce.” I have to admit I was taken with the opening sentence of this 2009 study published in Psychological Sciences: “Alcohol consumption alters... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• “Addiction Fiction”

  

  Coming-of-Age Drug Novels Call it “addiction fiction.” In the past few years we have seen a blossoming of this genre, where the private eye goes to 12-Step... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Ivan Oransky on the Disease Model at TEDMED 2012

  

  What we think about when we think about “disease.” It’s a safe bet that the number of M.D.s who have made a mid-career switch to journalism is rather small.... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• From Their Mouth to Your Ear: Researchers Talk Drugs

  

  A collection of five-question interviews. I’ll be away from the Addiction Inbox office this week, attending the big TEDMED health and medicine powwow in... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Interview with Cognitive Neuropsychologist Keith Laws

  

  LSD, E, CBT, and “Mind-Pops.” Our latest participant in the “Five Question Interview” series is Dr. Keith Laws, professor of cognitive neuropsychology and head... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• MDMA Likes It Hot

  

  X and ambient air temperature. One of the enduring mysteries about MDMA, the popular amphetamine derivative known as Ecstasy, or X, is the relationship between... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Mysteries of the Blunt

  

  Why do so many smokers combine tobacco with marijuana? People who smoke a combination of tobacco and marijuana, a common practice overseas for years, and... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• “Bath Salts” and Ecstasy Implicated in Kidney Injuries

  

  “A potentially life-threatening situation.” Earlier this month, state officials became alarmed by a cluster of puzzling health problems that had suddenly... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• LSD and Alcohol: The History

  

  Back when acid was legal. After last week’s blitz of coverage concerning studies done in the 60s on the use of LSD for the treatment of alcoholism, I thought... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Interview with Deni Carise, Chief Clinical Officer of Phoenix House

  

  Why addiction treatment works—if you let it. This time around, our “Five-Question Interview” series features clinical psychologist Deni Carise, senior vice... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• What is Brain Awareness Week?

  

  Celebrate your sentience March 12-18. Gather ‘round, children, and the Dana Foundation will tell you an amazing tale about… the You Man Brain… Well, that is, th... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• What Do Long Distance Running and Marijuana Have in Common?

  

  Maybe it isn't endorphins after all. [From time to time, I reprint earlier posts that have remained perennial favorites at Addiction Inbox. This one originally... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Night Owls Get a Coffee Break

  

  “Morning people” have more caffeine-related sleep problems. Let me start by saying that I love this caffeine study for personal reasons. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 HEALTH

• The Black Bag: Odds and Ends

  

  Drug news from the world of science and medicine. --How Marijuana Impairs Memory Mo Costandi at the UK Guardian expands on his Nature article about the... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Is Gambling the Opiate of the Masses?

  

  Two new books tackle gambling’s addictive mysteries. Charles Fey, the American who invented the three-reel slot machine in 1898, is a well-known part of... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Harm Reduction Advocate Takes on the Abstinence Question

  

  A guest editorial on “clean and sober” vs “drinking less.” One of the most divisive issues in the harm reduction movement is the question of abstinence versus... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE