Your Brain Is Giving Itself the Munchies
You may have heard from a friend of a friend that THC, the main ingredient in cannabis, causes the munchies. That’s because it’s a turbocharged version of a br...
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Marijuana and Pain Relief
Is marijuana as great as they actually say it is for pain relief? We constantly hear in news reports about all the great effects marijuana has for pain patients...
High Driving – Is It Really That Bad?
If you do a quick Internet search on this topic, the answers are mixed. However, after doing some digging, it seems to be pretty clear. Marijuana is known to de...
If Yes to Marijuana, Why Not LSD? How About Ecstasy? Ketamine? Cocaine? Mushrooms?
These illicit drugs have been shown to have medicinal properties, too, so why aren’t we voting to legalize them? Because that isn’t how the system should work. ...
The Science Behind the Munchies
There were numerous topics discussed during the last election, and one subject on the ballots of some states was the legalization of marijuana. Some of the stat...
The Opiate Epidemic: What It Is and What You Can Do
Fentanyl. Heroin. Overdose. Opiates. Death. These words have increasingly littered headlines in the Fargo-Moorhead area in the past year, with fentanyl-laced he...
My Experience With Those Afflicted With Schizophrenia
When we hear schizophrenia, we often associate it with violence, hospitals like in the title picture, and incapability of making decisions. When in fact, people...
Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia and the sixth leading cause of death. The disease is characterized by mental deterioration that affects the memo...
A New Focus for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment: Tau Protein
Alzheimer’s is the only disease among the top 10 causes of death in America that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. Current treatments have varying effe...
Neurochemistry is Cool
Signing up for the neurochemistry class was the best decision I made during registration week of the second semester of my senior year. First, I got my senior c...