Dopamine: The Brain’s Pleasure Drug
When we think of drugs, we often think of the adverse effects that can be observed from the outside. Yellow teeth, saggy skin, hair loss are all common signs th...
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Addiction: How Drugs Change Lives
From the media to movies to music, drugs are stigmatized as harmless and fun to do. It seems like every time I turn around a new celebrity is getting arr...
Drugs Are Not for Everyone.
Addiction is very popular topic in today’s society, whether it be deemed a routinely behavior, or a recreational substance abuse. Both of which are not so...
The Drug Chokehold
We live in a society filled with education including mathematics, grammar, physical health, etc. but further, our society teaches the young population about the...
Scare Tactics or Science Talk: Different Approaches to Drug Education
My Drug Education Experience I have always operated under the motto of “Drugs are bad”. But it wasn’t until a recent paper discussion in neuro...
Addicted and Trapped
Just This Once Think back to those college days of little responsibility and too much fun. Some of us were so caught up with our desire to “fit in” and be “cool...
Schizophrenia as a Neurodevelopmental Disorder?
IDEA Schizophrenia for a large portion of the world population is thought to be a very dangerous psychological condition that occurs when people “l...
Supporting the Supporters
Imagine this: someone close to you- a family member, friend, co-worker-has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia. What do you do? How do you continue to lo...
Expectation v. Reality: The Blurred Truth of Schizophrenia
On your walk home today, you witness two feathers floating to the ground. You can imagine the crispness of their hollow shaft and the softness of their feathers...