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For years, Paddy Ryder’s addictions did not begin with a single catastrophic choice. They grew through a thousand smaller decisions: the drink after the game, the binge rationalised as “normal”, the belief he could still...
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The oral fluid THC test can flag recent THC use in a driver with high accuracy. But it cannot say how much THC sits in the blood. That is the verdict of a Columbia University...
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Anyone who has watched a loved one battle addiction knows the puzzle well. The person understands exactly what the substance is doing to their health, their job and their relationships. Yet drug cravings pull them...
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For many loved ones with addiction in the household, grief rarely arrives in one clear moment. Instead, it lingers quietly. It resurfaces whenever a familiar face suddenly feels like a stranger. A newly published...
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Executive SummaryÄ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, induces persistent epigenetic modifications — DNA methylation changes, histone post-translational modifications, and altered non-coding RNA expression — that disrupt mesolimbic reward circuitry, impair neuroplasticity, and elevate...
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Executive SummaryÄ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, induces persistent epigenetic modifications — DNA methylation changes, histone post-translational modifications, and altered non-coding RNA expression — that disrupt mesolimbic reward circuitry, impair neuroplasticity, and elevate...
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More than 20,000 marijuana related deaths appeared on US death certificates between 2000 and 2024. That is the finding of a new analysis of the CDC’s WONDER database. The figures count marijuana poisoning or a...
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AbstractMoral injury is typically defined as the psychological, social, and spiritual harm that follows perceived violations of deeply held moral beliefs or obligations. In the arena of substance use, the concept has begun to appear...
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Abstract: Cannabis as a Gateway Drug for Opioid Use DisorderEmerging evidence suggests that adolescent cannabis use may biologically and behaviourally increase vulnerability to later opioid use and the development of opioid use disorder (OUD). The...
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Rising rates of cannabis use worldwide have renewed scientific attention on a question long overshadowed by the tobacco debate: what does inhaling burnt cannabis actually do to the human airway? A newly published Canadian investigation,...
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Recovery Review published a blog post this month. It offers recovery advice for doctors that could reshape how graduating medical students approach patients living with substance use disorders.Recovery advocate Justin Bell wrote the piece for...
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The federal marijuana rescheduling hearing has closed after twelve days of testimony. The closing witnesses left behind a sobering record. Rather than building a case for marijuana as ordinary medicine, the cannabis rescheduling case exposed...
