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Individual Addiction Recovery Resources
Addictions VictoriousAdvocates For the Integration of Recovery and Methadone, Inc. (AFIRM)Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)Alcoholics for Christ Alcoholics Victorious (AV)Celebrate Recovery Chemically Dependent Anonymous Online Resource Center (CDA)Cocaine Anonymous (CA)Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)Harm Reduction Network (HAMS) Heroin Anonymous (HA)J.A.C.S. (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others)LifeRing: Secular RecoveryMarijuana...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - May 2, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alateen Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Cocaine Anonymous Debtors Anonymous Emotions Anonymous Gam-anon Gamblers Anonymous Gamers Anonymous HIV Anonymous Marijua Source Type: blogs
Hey Sugar
That's not a compliment, I'm afraid. I've been riding this hobbyhorse for a while. I'm happy to say the world is coming around to the point of view with which I have been allied -- sugar is among the greatest curses of civilization. Gary Taubes of the Nutrition Science Initiative discusses the history of obesity research in the new BMJ.Here's the basic setup. Yes, we know that given the basic laws of physics, you can only gain weight if you consume more calories than you burn (and excrete, although that's presumed to be a minor issue in caloric balance). So, the prescription to prevent or treat obesity has long been simply...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 23, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
Reader Question – How can we end the Meth epidemic?
Many of you might be asking this same question so I’m posting with the answer here. Enjoy. The question is from Incognito
Methamphetamine causes more dopamine and serotonin to be released by the brain than, sex, heroin, nicotine, and chocolate combined. This fact alone is responsible for its almost instantaneous addiction. Its also nearly impossible to recover from since the brain has to learn again how to release those chemicals on its own, meaning you simply wont be able to feel pleasure of any kind for a long time while you recover. It is estimated that 80% of Portland, ORs crime is in some way, Meth related.Thi...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - March 25, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Addiction Recovery Author Tags: Meth Recovery Source Type: blogs
Bath Salts Mixed With Spice: Two Drugs In One
Researchers document latest recreational Frankenmolecule.
Researchers in Japan have run across what is believed to be the first example of a hybrid synthetic drug that is a combination of a methamphetamine-related cathinone (bath salts) and an entirely new synthetic cannabinoid.
In a paper now in press for Forensic Science International, investigators from the National Institute of Health Sciences in Tokyo conducted a new round of drug buying on the Internet, also netting and identifying 12 more synthetic cannabinoids, heretofore unseen in the market for non-THC marijuana substitutes. Japan, like the U.S. and Europe, has...
Source: Addiction Inbox - February 17, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
The House That Drugs Built
Eugene Jarecki’s documentary.
The following quotes have been excerpted from "The House I Live In," the recent documentary about drug addiction and law enforcement written and directed by Eugene Jarecki.
“We like to look at the war on drugs as black hats and white hats, and good guys and bad guys, and victims and offenders. And on the ground, it’s a lot more mixed up than that.”
—Criminal justice professor
“There’s no question that there was a passion with which the early narcotics enforcement culture pursued black America, even though the addict population was always distinctly biracial.”
—TV producer...
Source: Addiction Inbox - February 11, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Bath Salts: An Emerging Danger
Bath salts—the drug, not the perfumed crystals you put in bath water—showed up just a few years ago. The synthetic powder is sold online and in drug paraphernalia stores under a variety of names, such as "Blue Silk," "Zoom," "Cloud Nine," and "Hurricane Charlie." But don’t let the fun names fool you: Bath salts are extremely dangerous.
What Are Bath Salts?
Bath salts are a new family of drugs that contain synthetic chemicals related to cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant. Bath salts typically appear as white or brown powder and are sold in small plastic or foil packages labeled “not for human consumption.” P...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - February 5, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
Video To Watch ‘Crystal Darkness – Parents Toolkit Trailer’
Here’s a good video I came across – Hope you like it
Author’s Description:
Some have depicted methamphetamine abuse as n epidemic and many fear it will threaten the very fabric of our Those who know meth addiction themselves or withing their circle of family and friends have experienced nothing short of personal This is a deadly drug whose dealers are targeting youth at a younger and younger How can you protect your children? What do you need to know to drug-proof your home? The Crystal Darkness Parents Toolkit is a film that will give you the knowledge you need to fight back against meth and to assist y...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - January 31, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Addiction Recovery Author Tags: Meth Recovery Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 092
Welcome to the mind-blowing 92nd edition!
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
The Short Coat
Top Spot this week is a ripper By Lauren looking at hypertension in the ED. Check our M...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 23, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education Emergency Medicine Featured Intensive Care LITFL review Trauma LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 092
Welcome to the mind-blowing 92nd edition!
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
The Short Coat
Top Spot this week is a ripper By Lauren looking at hypertension in the ED. Check our M...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 23, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education Emergency Medicine Featured Intensive Care LITFL review Trauma LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Answer to the question: why do so many ppl say hard drugs?
Conclusion: drug decriminalization is not the same than drug legalization
Tagged:Other – Society & Culture (Source: Addiction Recovery Blog)
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - January 19, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Addiction Recovery Author Tags: Heroin Treatment Source Type: blogs
Popular “Bath Salt” Hooks Lab Rats
Mephedrone shows addictive properties in animal models.
Cathinones, like methedrine and other stimulants, are primarily dopamine-active drugs. Though they are now illegal in the U.S., they were formerly of primary interest only to pharmaceutical researchers. The best-known cathinone sold in the form of bath salts and plant food—mephedrone—has both dopamine and serotonin effects. It broke big in the UK a few years ago as a “legal” party drug alternative to MDMA. The idea was to get high without testing dirty, as the saying goes.
Behavioral clues about mephedrone have been teased out of rat studies. The Taffe Labo...
Source: Addiction Inbox - January 18, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Video of The Dangers Of A Methamphetamine Addiction – Health Fitness
Check out this video. I found it was pretty good and you should enjoy it.
Author’s Description:
The Dangers Of A Methamphetamine Addiction – Health Methamphetamine is a dangerous and addictive drug which is a problem not only for the user, but for society as a Methamphetamine addiction leads to an increase number of crimes and criminal activity ranging from theft, DWI, endangering of children and Production of meth has increased dramatically in American since the According to Wikipedia Indiana state police found 1260 labs in 2003 to only 6 in Methamphetamine production ranges from large scale production in sup...
Source: Addiction Recovery Blog - January 9, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Addiction Recovery Author Tags: Meth Recovery Source Type: blogs
Twelve Months of Addiction Box
(Inspired by Twelve Months of Drug Monkey)
Drug Monkey writes:
The rules for this blog meme are quite simple.
-Post the link and first sentence from the first blog entry for each month of the past year.
I originally did this meme, after seeing similar posted by Janet Stemwedel and John Lynch.
Okay, here we go:
January:
Say what you will about glutamate-gated chloride channels in the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus—but the one thing you probably wouldn’t say about the cellular channels in parasitic worms is that a drug capable of activating them may prove useful in the treatment of alcoholism and other add...
Source: Addiction Inbox - January 2, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Best Post of July 2012: "Chasing The Dragon": A Cause of Toxic Spongiform Leukoencephalopathy
The next in our "Best of the Month" series comes from July 10, 2012:My favorite case from the 2012 AANP Diagnostic Slide Session in Chicago last month featured an autopsy slide from the brain of a 25-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse found unresponsive at a New Year's Eve party. Toxicology screening was positive for methadone, lorazepam, and cocaine. The patient died after three weeks in the intensive care unit. Attendees were provided glass slides in advance of the session demonstrating the following findings:Low Power: Marked white matter pallorHigh Power: White matter virtually replaced by lipidized...
Source: neuropathology blog - January 1, 2013 Category: Pathologists Tags: toxic encephalopathy meetings Best of the Month series neuropathologists Source Type: blogs
NIDA's Where Are They Now Series? Turning Tragedy Into Inspiration
SBB recently caught up with a few past winners of the NIDA Addiction Science Fair Award to find out what the teens are doing now. Not everyone has followed a science path, but they are all in college pursuing their interests. In this series, the winners offer advice for today’s high school students trying to figure out what to do after graduation.
Yamini Naidu from Portland, OR, impressed judges for the NIDA Addiction Science Fair Award with her project on methamphetamine addiction. After winning the award, she was invited to present her research to NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow and other scientists. As a result, she rec...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - November 20, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
