Portrayals of Intoxication in Popular Video Games
To say that video games are a little controversial might be a bit of an understatement. Parents, focus groups, therapists, and a whole horde of young adults have jumped on the bandwagon of anti-video game movements, mostly because some studies have shown how certain games can, in certain contexts, trigger addiction. When you consider that […]
The Mystery of the Brain’s “Pleasure Response”
Whenever you read about the mechanics of drug addiction, you have most likely come across a section that talks about dopamine. At the root of addiction, all people suffering from this sickness are drawn (instinctively, it seems) to the substances that are slowly killing them due to the pleasure response from the brain. Once they […]
The Dangerous Link between Energy Drinks and Addiction
Every so often, when we’re feeling a little bit sluggish throughout the day, a little bit of an energy boost can be a complete lifesaver. Thanks to the kick of coffee or black tea and the boost from kombucha, many people can endure the bustling work day or get through that long time at college, […]
The Connection between Drug Problems and Epigenetics
At some point, you have probably learned that drug addiction is a bit of a loose cannon, as you can’t fully know if you are an addict until you take the leap to try drugs. However, science has continuously shown us that addiction is not simply an environmental factor but is, in fact, genetic. Obviously, […]
Teens Are Using Fewer Drugs Than Ever Before
As science continues to progress, the international consortium of doctors, researchers, and a horde of people from the medical profession can develop new techniques for probing into the human brain and to discover what substances make us healthy and which ones can kill us. In the information age, teenagers, in particular, can be exposed to […]
OHIO EXPERIENCES A DROP IN OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS AND A RISE IN METH
When you lay the cards on the table and take a good long look at the facts, you will begin to realize that the drug problems in Ohio never seem to be ending. Over the past couple of decades, the Buckeye State has risen to become the second-most severe opioid epicenter in the United States […]
THE DANGERS OF USING SNUFF
Chances are, if you ever watch historical dramas or catch up on your world history in a book, you will come across a section about something called “snuff.” Particularly in films, you will see men dressed in full Victorian garb setting a fine powder on their hand, which they promptly snort up a nostril. While […]
TV SHOWS ABOUT DRUG PROBLEMS
Needless to say, television programs have never experienced a shortage of drug problems. Since the dawn of television, lovely ladies have smoked cigarettes with their gal pals in the 1950s, while men gathered around bars to drink and flirt with outgoing women in the 1990s. From sitcoms to dramas, cigarettes, booze, and marijuana seem to […]
Movies That Focus on Drug Withdrawal
With all the movies about drug addiction that Hollywood has produced, you have to wonder why studios haven’t created an equally large number of films that solely focus on detox and withdrawal. In most movies, characters struggle with forms of addiction for comedic and/or dramatic purposes, but we rarely see the withdrawal process until the […]
SAY HELLO TO FLORIDA’S LITTLE FRIEND: COCAINE
Needless to say, we don’t’ have to tell you to watch Scarface (1983) for you to understand that Florida has a bit of a history with cocaine. Back in the 1980s, during the height of the Miami drug wars, Colombia was distributing boatloads of this South American drug, but those numbers have quickly escalated over […]