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This research indicated that once people who have become dependent on heroin decide to stop using the drug, they are often unsure about what they should do with their lives instead [Wired In Article]
The harm caused by substance use needs to be considered in a variety of ways. Use of drugs, alcohol and solvents can carry risk to different aspects of life [Wired In Article]
I also look at the characteristics of this recovery process, since we need to learn from this research to help others take this pathway [Wired In Article]
This research project, by Margeurite Schinkel and Nika Dorrer, was conducted to support the policy move in Scotland towards recovery-orientated practice in the metal health field [Wired In Article, UK]
The syndrome was also considered to exist in degrees of severity rather than as a categorical absolute. Thus, the proper question is not ‘whether a person is dependent on alcohol’, but ‘how far along the path of dependence has a person progressed’ [Wired In Article]
Ten recommendations from leading US addiction scientists that help “in designing programs, systems, and social policy to reduce drug and associated suffering, societal harms and costs” [Wired In]
Considers the views of the philosopher Douglas Husak on the justice of drug laws in America [Wired In Article]
Looks at factors that have influenced the development of laws regulating recreational drug use, in particular influential happenings in America [Wired In Article]
Looks at how heroin has been used and viewed since it was first synthesised, and briefly describes the development of the heroin problem in America and the UK [Wired In Article]
Traces the history of cocaine, linking the Incas, Freud, Thomas Edison, Sherlock Holmes and Coca Cola [Wired In Article, UK]
Looks at how heroin has been used and viewed since it was first synthesised, and briefly describes the development of the heroin problem in America and the UK [Wired In article]
Provides insights into how opium and morphine have been used and considered at various times in history [Wired In article]
Introduces a classification of psychoactive drugs based on their major mode of impact on the mind, and briefly illustrates the multitude of factors that influence the way that a drug can affect a person and ultimately contribute to a drug problem {Wired In Article]
Outlines the understanding that society has of psychoactive drugs and challenges assumptions that are made about these substances [Wired In Article]
… many people not only overcome heroin addiction, but go on to lead lives that are far more fulfilling, and far less problematic than they were before they started using the drug [Wired In article]
