SECOND OPINION | Addiction | PBS

Published January 5, 2014

SECOND OPINION | Addiction | PBS – This PBS medical series explores illnesses one at a time and features a panel of physicians and other experts assessing individual cases. Major advancements …

Marijuana: Frequently asked questions
A: Yes, it can be. Long-term use, especially by those who start at a young age, has been shown to lead to addiction, with an estimated one out of 11 people who use it becoming dependent on it. Marijuana was responsible for 4.5 million of the 7.1 …
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Severe Mental Illness Tied to Substance Use: Which Comes First?
With the help of a large data base called the Genomic Psychiatry Cohort, researchers have begun to shed light on the connection between alcohol and drug abuse, dependence, and mental illness. Dr. Sarah Hartz and … Dr. Hartz concludes, “I think the …
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Inside the brains of addicts
Unfortunately, this pleasure circuit can be hijacked by less healthy habits: whiskey drinking, smoking, binge eating, gambling, taking cocaine or heroin. … Scientists are working to understand how addictive substances interact with these reward …
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