Demi Lovato: I Lied to My Mom About My Cocaine Use

Demi Lovato: I Lied To My Mom About My Cocaine Use
Demi's mom revealed in a candid new interview that she 'didn't want to believe' her daughter's drug abuse problems — even when she 'suspected' they were playing out right in front of her eyes — because Demi made it easy to believe she was okay. Demi …
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Teens and pot use: Parents, here's what you need to talk about
“It has a similar effect on the brain reward system as other drugs of abuse like heroin or cocaine.” When pot use interferes with daily life, those effects point to the drug's addictive qualities, says Riggs, who recently appeared on “The Dr. Oz Show …
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Silencing synapses
Researchers led by Pitt neuroscience professor Yan Dong used rat models to examine the effects of cocaine addiction and withdrawal on nerve cells in the nucleus accumbens, a small region in the brain that is commonly associated with reward, emotion, …
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