Caffeine & Cocaine: Is There a Difference Between Addictions?
Many of us out there are coffee drinkers. I myself have at least one cup every morning. I will admit, yes, I am slightly addicted to my morning coffee. But am i...
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Who decides who made the choice?
It’s their fault. They made that choice. Why should I help them. All they will do is spend the money on drugs. These are all things many of us have heard ...
Shedding a Light on Addiction
[i] Drugs have been a controversial part of American culture practically since its infancy. For centuries, scholars have argued about the role of alcohol all wh...
What’s the Diction on Addiction? Current Knowledge on Substance Abuse and the Brain
We live in a world where daily news is riddled with stories of drug busts, cartel operations, and opioid overdoses. These problems are highly complex in nature,...
Addiction: Not a Choice.
We are all in largely unanimous agreement that having an addiction is not a good thing. The stigma surrounding drug addiction suggests that if I have an addicti...
Addiction: Where to Place the Blame???
The debate about whether addiction is a disease or an active choice made by the individual has been around for centuries and has largely been an opinion based a...
Finding a Treatment for Schizophrenia: Why So Complicated?
Mental illness is an ongoing problem in our world. In America alone, one in five adults experience a mental health issue. One in 25 Americans have a serious men...
The Unlikely Duo: Alzheimer’s Disease and Type II Diabetes
Most people’s first thoughts are that there is no connection between Alzheimer’s disease and type II diabetes. Years ago that may have been true, but research t...
Brains Chained by Addiction
The Pandemic of Addiction The statistics surrounding addiction don’t lie, the U.S. has a pandemic on its hands. So what’s the situation? In 2017, we...
Party in the Cleft
Evolutionarily, humans have been wired to perceive feelings of pleasure based on certain stimuli that are associated with survival of the individual or species....