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- Frequent
Ecstasy Use Linked to Memory Loss. - At addiction centers, longer treatment programs are proving key to
ending the relapse-rehab cycle. |
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Articles on the disease model of addiction:
The Addicted Human Brain:
Insights From Imaging Studies by Nora D. Volkow, Joanna S. Fowler and
A Long Lasting Impression: New
Study Finds Persistent Brain Changes in Response to Cocaine Depend on the
Expectation of Reward (NIDA press release.)
The Neurobiology of Free Will
and Drug Addiction Colby Stong;
Neuropsychiatry Reviews. Vol 6 no. 7, July 2007
Articles reporting
the incidence and prevalence of substance use:
Monitoring
The Future Overview of Key Findings 2007
(NIDA press release.)
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, 2007 (Center for Disease
Control press release.)
Teens Who Abuse Alcohol Or
Drugs Are More Likely To Die Young, Pitt Study Finds (from medical News Today.)
Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Among First year College Students
(from the Higher Education Center.)
Youths
Less Likely to Try Alcohol and Cigarettes Before Age 13 Now Than 10 Years Ago;
Prevalence of Early Marijuana Initiation Has Not Changed
(CESAR fax report.)
Articles on risk
and propensity factors for substance use and substance use disorders:
Cannabis
use and later life outcomes D.M. Fergusson and Boden J.M. Addiction; 2008 Jun;103(6):969-76.
Drinking Alcohol Before 15 Years of Age is Risky for Later
Alcohol Problems (NIAAA
press release.)
Abuse Of Painkillers Can Predispose Adolescents To Lifelong
Addiction
(article in Science Daily.)
Articles about
chemical dependency treatment:
Study of Teens in Four Cities
Finds Drug Treatment Effective (NIDA press release.)
A.A. Attendance by Teens Linked to
Improved Outcomes (JTO research summary.)
RAND Study Finds Community-Based
Treatment Effective for Teens (JTO research summary.)
Articles about
recovery from chemical dependency:
Articles about
effective substance abuse prevention:
Articles about
smoking and tobacco issues:
Struggling With Alcohol? Better Quit Smoking, Too
from HealthDay News.
In Adolescents, Addiction to Tobacco Comes Easy
by Jane E. Brody in the New York Times.
Articles about alcohol
and other drugs and trends:
Frequent Ecstasy Use Linked to Memory Loss (JTO research
summary.)