It is not an easy task to discuss a sensitive subject such as addiction with your boss. How do you start the conversatio ...
Comprehensive guide to illicit drug use, abuse, and addiction. Scientific guides to the most used and dangerous drug people use today.
Is Addiction a Disease? Understanding the Genetics of Addiction
A brief but comprehensive look at what we know about genetic predisposition for addiction. Plus, four (4) ways anyone ca ...
Talking to your college-aged children about alcohol and marijuana
Alcohol and marijuana use is prevalent among college students. How can you address it from home and before your child go ...
The basics of relationship dependency and the brain’s dopamine reward center
How can we become "addicted"...even to behaviors? Expert in behavioral compulsions, Dr. Gregory Jantz, explains the basi ...
Brain circuits and drug use
Drugs behave on brain circuits in common ways. Neuroscientist, Dr. Paul Farrow, reviews brain circuits and drug use. Wha ...
Why do people have different pain tolerances?
Learn more about the four major reasons why people have different pain tolerances here. And how is low pain tolerance re ...
Is drug addiction only a physical disease?
Is drug addiction simply a matter of chemical dependence? Rabbi Shais Taub helps us take a closer look at the biological ...
Dopamine and addiction relapse
Dopamine in the brain is thought to reinforce the cycle of addiction. But how is dopamine related to addiction relapse? ...