Vicodin, Morphine, Heroine, Oh My!
In society today, doctors give out pain medication in the class of opioids like they are candy. For things from a tooth ache to surgery, the range of ailments w...
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Opioids, a Pain Killer? Or Cause of Pain?
Pain — A spasm in your back, a toothache, recovering from a fracture or dislocation, a degree of discomfort following surgery; it comes in many forms, but...
Codeine Candy for Halloween!
Common prescription painkillers are being handed out like free smoothie coupons from doctors. Does your back hurt? Get some codeine. Pain in your left foot? The...
Pill Nation?!
In the article which we read for this week, the authors investigated the roles of glutamate and its rece...
Opioids and Addiction
I have been hearing more and more these days that doctors are handing out high-potency pain killers like they are candy and I have been wondering why, when thes...
A Frightening Proposition
If one were to list the most common fears of people today, they would likely come up with a conglomerate including things like death, heights, spiders, and clow...
"I seem to have lost myself" – Alzheimer's Disease
In the year of 2006, there are nearly 27 million people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) globally. The latest Alzheimer’s statistics estimated that 5.3 ...
THC and Cannabinoids Involved in Mental Disorder Therapies
Of the most notable mental disorders, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and eating disorders have been examined with relation to endocannabinoid therapies. Th...
How Might Medicinal Marijuana Affect Soldiers With PTSD?
Psychiatric disorders are under-reported illnesses that affect the quality of life for the suffering patient. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a subse...
Marijuana as a treatment for eating disorders?
There is a great deal of stigmatism about weight in the United States. While there is some media about self-acceptance and building confidence we constantly enc...