Addictions

New Vaccine For Cocaine Dependence Shows Some Success
by eNotAlone.com
Scientists from the United States who have completed early trials on an experimental vaccine for cocaine dependence have announced recently that the vaccine has shown some success in decreasing use in cocaine addicts and even helped some users kick

Marijuana Smoke Can Alter DNA And Lead To Cancer
by eNotAlone.com
Smoking the cannabis plant (also known as pot, marijuana and ganja), can damage DNA and increases the risk of developing cancer, discovered researchers from England and Sweden.

Marijuana Affects Perception Of The Driver
by eNotAlone.com
Marijuana smokers are more likely to get involved in automobile crashes than people who do not drive under the influence of cannabis, report scientists from Canada. Cannabis, also known as marijuana, is a psychoactive drug, the mind-altering substance

Impulsiveness In Kids Linked To Later Gambling Addiction
by eNotAlone.com
Kids who were inattentive, impulsive and hyperactive in kindergarten, are more likely to develop symptoms of risky gambling behavior by the time they reach middle school, reports a new Canadian study in the latest issue of Archives of Pediatrics

Salt - An Addictive Antidepressant
by eNotAlone.com
Salt is a natural antidepressant and helps people to improve their mood - this way scientists are explaining why Americans tend to consume too much of it. University of Iowa psychologist Kim Johnson and colleagues, performed series of tests on rats

Overcoming Gambling Addiction
by eNotAlone.com
Gambling is an urge of playing a game in which money is normally at stake. There are many forms of such games including casinos, horse races, different kinds of lotteries, card rooms, and stock market betting.

Teen Marijuana Use Linked To Evenings Spent Out With Friends
by eNotAlone.com
A new study published this week in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, showed worrying statistics about use of marijuana among teenagers. Research found that smoking pot among teens has dramatically increased in many

Cash Reward Helps Smokers Quit Bad Habit
by eNotAlone.com
Smokers who are paid to quit are about three times more likely to give up a bad habit and not have another cigarette than those who get no cash reward, a new study reports. Smoking is one of the nation's biggest causes of premature death

Does Marijuana Lead To Testicular Cancer?
by eNotAlone.com
It is quite possible, according to a new report in the February 9 issue of the journal Cancer. For the first time, researchers have linked frequent marijuana use to an increased risk of testicular cancer.

Shopping Addiction
by eNotAlone.com
For many people shopping is considered to be one of the favorite pastimes. For most of them it is just buying some new clothes or presents for close people. But there is another category for whom shopping is much more than just enjoyable pastime

Sniffing Out Drugs: Abuse of Household Products Rising
by National Institute of Health
When most people think of drug abuse, they think of illegal substances like heroin, cocaine and LSD. Would it surprise you to know that some of the most toxic substances abused by children and teens can be found in the home?

Craving: Approaching Avoidance: A Step Essential to the Understanding of Craving
by National Institute of Health
Craving is only one component of the mental processes that influence drinking behavior. Alcohol-related cues (ARCs) can set in motion a dynamic competition between inclinations to approach drinking and inclinations to avoid drinking.

Functional Imaging of Craving
by National Institute of Health
To visualize brain activity associated with mental states, such as craving for alcohol and other drugs (AODs), researchers have begun to use functional imaging techniques. Three commonly used techniques are single photon emission computed tomography

12 Step Programs
AA to Z; An Addictionary of the 12-Step Culture
by Christopher Cavanaugh
Throughout the world today, more than two million alcoholics and hundreds of thousands of drug addicts, compulsive overeaters, sex addicts, compulsive gamblers, codependents, and other addicts abstain from their addiction, having found a new life

Juvenile Court Involvement with Chemically Involved Families
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Although only a small percentage of substantiated child abuse and neglect cases go to court, those that do are heard exclusively in the juvenile courts civil proceedings. One exception, however, is severe physical abuse or neglect or sexual abuse

Parental Substance Abuse : Family Assessment
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
The assessment process for any troubled family that has come to the attention of professionals should involve an inquiry that addresses both the problem of substance abuse and the problem of child maltreatment.

Child Maltreatment and Parental Substance Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Determining if and when parental substance abuse should be reported to a CPS agency is a difficult but important issue. To make such a determination, it is necessary to understand the requirements related to mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect.

Substance Abuse : Tuberculosis, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
TB is an infectious disease caused by tubercle bacilli. Infection may occur anywhere in the body, but the lung is the most common site. After the airborne tubercle bacilli are inhaled, they generally multiply in the lungs, sometimes reaching

Children of Chemically Involved Parents: Special Risks
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Polysubstance abuse. Most substance abusers use multiple drugs or drugs, alcohol, and nicotine in combination. In some cases, this polysubstance abuse may occur without the user's knowledge because it is common practice among street dealers to substitute

Children in Substance Abusing Families
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
As the incidence of alcohol and other drug abuse becomes more visible in our Nation, parental substance abuse is increasingly recognized as a significant factor in cases of child maltreatment.