“Chemical Burns’ Seen as Probable Cause of Vaping Lung Damage”, Larsen et al, published online October 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Lung injuries from vaping probably result from direct toxicity or tissue damage caused by noxious chemical fumes, rather than from an accumulation of lipids in the lungs, pathology data suggest. …
Approximately 6% of US teens report psychotropic medication use, which is to say drugs for some mental health issue. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), investigators led by Bruce Jonas, PhD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), found that among US noninstitutionalized …
(CNN) — A flesh-eating drug that turns people into zombie-likecreatures seems to have made its way to the United States. This extremely addictive injectable opioid is called krokodil (pronounced like crocodile) or desomorphine. It’s so named in part because users report black or green scaly skin as a side effect. This weekend five people were hospitalized in the Chicago …
This November, Californians vote on legalizing marijuana. Marijuana today is three times stronger than it was 30 years ago, on average. Some varieties are ten times stronger. The increased potency is from selective breeding and new cultivation techniques (1). —— Younger smokers tend to inhale more deeply than older users. This is associated with increased …
What is DSM-V? “DSM” is short for “The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It is the manual used to define mental disorders. DSM is widely used by insurance companies, government agencies, the judicial system, and the mental health professionals. DSM is produced by the American Psychiatric Association. The field is currently using the revised fourth edition …
DSM-V Catches up on “too much sex”, Kinky Sex, and Gender Issues. Read More »
Well, it’s true that quiting smoking can be more difficult than quiting heroin, at least according to those who have quit both drugs. It is also true that it often takes multiple attempts to quit smoking, just as it can take multiple attempts to quit other drugs. Does this make it a “waste of time and effort” …