Drug Addiction

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This means it’s illegal to possess, manufacture, or distribute it. These trips have been described as everything from a spiritual awakening to a trip to the depths of hell (aka the dreaded “bad trip”). In Australia, an anaesthetic called ketamine – which causes hallucinations – is being trialled to see if it helps people with […]

Although the high is intense, it lasts only 5 to 15 minutes. Potential short-term side effects include overdose, addiction (cocaine use disorder) and withdrawal. Long-term side effects may include serious and potentially life-threatening medical issues like heart failure, stroke or infections. Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to […]

As with all substance abuse, those experiencing addiction to flakka should screen for co-occurring mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety. Synthetic drugs are illicitly created to produce substances that differ slightly from legal drugs. Thus, there are cases as violent as Austin Harrouff, and sometimes as unhinged as a 37-year-old Floridian identified only […]

A person who witnesses a drug overdose can perform first aid while waiting for the emergency services to arrive. Doing so may save the person’s life and help increase their chance of a full recovery. Anyone who is concerned about substance use should speak to their primary care physician. You can also join a virtual or […]

The drug is a Schedule III non-narcotic that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for use only as a general anesthetic. However, doctors sometimes prescribe it for “off-label” uses, such as depression. Off-label means using the drugs to treat conditions the FDA has not approved. Like any other addiction, ketamine can create a […]

We then present a theoretically explorative discussion on the specific anti-doping risk/doping enabling processes and environments, using known cases of systematic doping as illustration. We conclude with a comparison of sport and non-sport responses to drug use and the potential outcomes of each approach. To date, only one large controlled trial has examined the efficacy […]

Around 38% of full time college students and 41% of non-full time college students, who are aged 19–22 used cannabis at least once in one year (Schulenberg et al., 2018; Marijuana use among US college students remains at highest level in three decades, 2018). This data clearly indicates the widespread use of cannabis among youth […]

But in rare cases, it’s possible for the drug to cause seizures or a coma. At high doses, heart attacks and an inability to breathe have occurred. DMT is a potent hallucinogenic drug that can dramatically alter a person’s perspective, consciousness, and sensory experiences. Serious side effects occur more frequently if you have pre-existing mental […]

The differences between them begin with how each substance is made. Coke is, more specifically, cocaine hydrochloride derived from the coca plant, the majority of which is grown in Colombia and other parts of South America. We will provide a list of symptoms of cocaine addiction that can be used to identify signs of addiction […]