Addiction Inbox: Six Arguments For the Elimination of Cigarettes →
Here's an interesting summary of key arguments against smoking, from Dirk Hanson at Addiction Inbox
Prevention Update: Search Result
Prior marijuana use could increase addictive power of nicotine | National Institute on Drug Abuse →
This research by NIDA has found that prior marijuana use could increase addictive power of nicotine.
Press Release: Prior Exposure to THC Increases the Addictive Effects of Nicotine in Rats →
This study finds that previous marijuana use may increase the risk of nicotine dependence in rats.
Neuropsychopharmacology - Abstract of article: Prior Exposure to THC Increases the Addictive Effects of Nicotine in Rats →
This NIDA research finds that prior exposure to marijuana increases the addictive effects of nicotine in rats.
Buzzed, broke, but not busted: How young Australians perceive the consequences of using illicit drugs →
This study shows that young Australians do not see addiction as a danger with illegal drugs and are far more concerned with the expense of drugs than getting into trouble with the police for using them.
Dorsolateral prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortex interactions during self-control of cigarette craving →
This study found that addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the area that controls decision making.
Neural mechanism underlying drug cravings. Science Daily →
Collaboration between Japanese and Canadian researchers has established that addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the area that controls decision making.
Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction | PBS NewsHour | Dec. 13, 2012 | PBS →
This entertaining and wide ranging discussion on the broader topic of genes and addiction includes a live experiment on video followed by discussions with Mark Schuckit, David Carr, Ulrike Heberlein and Nora Volkow.
Drugs are taken for pleasure – realise this and we can start to reduce harm | David Nutt | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk →
This article by Professor David Nutt challenges the 'mainstream penalty-driven approach to drugs control' and gives a thought provoking view of substance use in general
National Addictions Awareness Week 2012 →
19-25 November is Canada's National Addictions Awareness Week 2012.