Drug Addiction

Commercial advertising is often aimed at teens and young people to perpetuate the idea that synthetic cannabinoids are simply “natural and harmless” herbal mixtures. It can also be helpful to review the clinical criteria involved in diagnosing a substance use disorder. Mental health clinicians rely on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) […]

Dr. Hoffman has successfully treated hundreds of patients battling addiction. Dr. Hoffman is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of AddictionHelp.com and ensures the website’s medical content and messaging quality. This combination of effects can cause a rush or high, followed by sedation, and can lead to various complications, such as arrhythmias, seizures, stroke, coma, […]

These reactions and the overtly sexual nature of dancing in nightclubs and raves can easily lead to unsafe sexual encounters that were not intended before the drug was consumed. We receive advertising fees from purchases through the BetterHelp links below. We may receive advertising fees if you follow links to promoted online therapy websites. The […]

Even so, some people say they grew to appreciate the taste over the course of their ayahuasca experiences. It’s important to note that Rythmia is a well-known retreat that has both highly positive and scathingly negative online reviews. Also important to note is published reports exist of deaths, sexual assault and violent attacks by other […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

After a negative drug test, the patient then receives a bowl and picks out a slip from a pile labeled with various cash values. Depending on the slip they select, they are rewarded with an amount of money, which generally ranges from 1 to 100 dollars. As the patient continues to produce negative drug test […]

Psychedelics have certain effects, such as mystical experiences, that make them attractive for recreational use. Limited research suggests that they may also have medical uses, such as reducing depression and anxiety, as well as promoting abstinence from smoking and alcohol. This demonstrates pharmacological interference with memory reconsolidation may allow overwriting of maladaptive drinking memories with […]