Author: Gary Jackson

The drug achieves its main immediate psychological effect—the high—by causing a buildup of the neurochemical dopamine. If you or a loved one is using cocaine or misusing other substances, reach out to a healthcare provider for help. If a health event prompted your visit to your doctor, they’ll recommend treatment options and help supervise your […]

Driving under the influence of alcohol, or drink-driving, is a key risk factor for 27% of all road injuries. Thus, drink-driving is a significant public health problem that affects not only the alcohol user but also, in many cases, innocent parties such as passengers and pedestrians. Even at low blood-alcohol  levels,  drivers  experience  problems  with  […]

Cocaine is a naturally occurring alkaloid that can be extracted from its botanical source and formulated into cocaine hydrochloride or ‘crack cocaine’. Cocaine induces its main psychoactive effects by impeding monoamine reuptake. The drug impacts several organs, such as the heart; brain; liver; kidneys; lungs; and has complex underlying mechanisms of toxicity that are herein […]

This can make it difficult to simply stop using the drug once you’ve started. Meth produces an intense high that comes on and fades quickly. Coming down can cause difficult emotional and physical symptoms, such as depression and insomnia. As a result, meth addiction often follows a pattern of bingeing on the drug for several […]

Another challenge related to the current wave of methamphetamine-related deaths is that medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder (especially among people with opioid use disorder) are still under development in the clinical trial pipeline [68]. Behavioral interventions such as contingency management and cognitive behavioral therapy show some promise but concerns about their durability and sustainability […]

Long-term heavy drinking can cause interference between the brain and the eyes. It may also damage or speed up the aging of various structures inside the eye, such as the lens, retina, and optic nerve. The risk of developing age-related cataracts changes based on the amount of alcohol a person drinks. An Optometry and Vision […]

The research questions, inclusion criteria, review methods, and search strategy were all well described. Grey literature and hand searching were done and the full search strategy was provided in an appendix. The authors also indicated that they followed the PRISMA guidelines and that information was also provided in an appendix. Without this information, it is […]

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In conditioned-stimulus olfactory learning, the psychedelic DOI was found significantly to disrupt short-term learning and memory (Johnson et al., 2011). LSD has been tested in flies for its effect on learning and memory, where it also was found to disrupt short-term memory (C. D. Nichols, personal communication). In experiments examining aspects of learning and long-term […]

Men have alcohol use disorder almost twice as often as women; of the estimated 17 million affected adults, 11.2 million were men and 5.7 million were women.2 Adolescents are not immune. In 2012, an estimated 855,000 young people between years of age had this disorder. Dr. Raja is a board-certified internal medicine physician, certified by […]