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Roy Mehta via Getty Images If we learned anything from ex-Instagram model Essena O’Neill’s meta-announcement that “social media is not real life“, hopefully it was that media literacy is an essential skill that many people are still a bit crap at. Given we’re in an information age where we consume about 174 newspapers worth of knowledge daily, we’d benefit [...]
"Booze becomes the antidote to too much thinking." - Alan Stokes Source: I am fighting alcohol - and losing I The Sydney Morning Herald Image from Unsplash
New research published today in The Journal of Neuroscience identifies a molecular mechanism in the reward centre of the brain that influences how recovering cocaine addicts might relapse after stressful events. Importantly, the study identifies a potential mechanism for protecting against such relapses with treatment. - University of East Anglia Source: Cocaine changes the brain and [...]
The study found that a beer's flavor alone, without any effect from alcohol, can lead the brain to release dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure and reward. It is also associated with drinking and drug abuse. Previous research suggests that sensory cues (smells and tastes) associated with drug intoxication can provoke dopamine transmission. Researchers from [...]
The Addiction website is supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs, which was originally established in 1884. It is a great resource for the latest information about all sorts of addictions as it includes international studies and research papers. Addiction's scope spans human clinical, epidemiological, experimental, policy and historical [...]
A study into the effects passive smoking has on children and their health has been conducted by American scientists. The results were recently presented at the Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health (APACT) in Sydney. The study found that children exposed to second-hand smoke had a higher rate of health issues including: Attention Deficit [...]
It is expected that by 2012 Australia will be the first country in the world to impose generic packaging on tobacco companies. At the same time there is a push to force tobacco companies to be more up-font about the content of their products. There are growing concerns among anti-tobacco campaigners that menthol is increasingly [...]
Many teenagers who occasionally smoke cannabis don’t think that they are putting themselves at risk of developing issues of addiction or health problems as they grow older. However Paul Dillon, author of “Teenagers, Alcohol and Drugs” and Generation Next speaker, has commented that “... experimenting with cannabis puts you at risk of coming into contact [...]
A study published last week in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research added additional weight to the Australian Government's recommendation for parents to avoid giving alcohol to children under 15 years of age. The study looked at over 6,000 Australian twins and found that the earlier the children had their first drink, the more likely they [...]
