What's your anti-drug? Well, it might well be hemopressin. At least, that's probably your anti-marijuana.Hemopressin is a small protein that was discovered in the brains of rodents in 2003: its name comes from the fact that it's a breakdown product of hemoglobin and that it can lower blood pressure.No-one seems to have looked to see whether hemopressin is found in humans, yet, but it seems very l
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May 28, 2010
This Is Your Brain's Anti-Drug
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February 13, 2010
Dope, Dope, Dopamine
When you smoke pot, you get stoned.Simple. But it's not really, because stoned can involve many different effects, depending upon the user's mental state, the situation, the variety and strength of the marijuana, and so forth. It can be pleasurable, or unpleasant. It can lead to relaxed contentment, or anxiety and panic. And it can feature hallucinations and alterations of thinking, some of which
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February 8, 2010
Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer’s treatment
The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a new study.
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October 1, 2009
Teen Attitudes Toward Smoking Linked To Likelihood Of Drinking And Using Drugs
New research looks at the specific ways parents and peers influence teenagers to smoke, drink and use marijuana in combination.
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September 17, 2009
Marijuana and social anxiety
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. Much of my early career has been devoted to an understanding of how negative emotions influence problematic behavioral outcomes. Because of this, I have spent a fairly substantial amount of time on PBB discussing topics...
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May 23, 2009
The Impact of Marijuana Use in Patients With Psychosis
Kia Faridi MD, a psychiatrist at McGill University in Montreal, discusses the results of his study on the impact of marijuana use in patients with psychotic symptoms.
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April 23, 2009
Adolescent Risk-taking Has Major Consequences When It Comes To Marriage
A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens -- especially girls who abuse marijuana -- marry later than peers, if at all.
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