Medicating Addiction
What is Addiction Addiction is a chronic dependence on a substance. The condition involves compulsive seeking and persistent use despite the negative contributi...
Tag: Addiction
Addiction Rewires the Brain
Artstract created by Hadlie Dahlseid. Drug use leads to increased dopamine and glutamate, which causes alterations in the reward circuit of the brain, increasin...
Understanding Addiction: Why It Matters and How We Can Make a Difference
Addiction is a pervasive issue that touches the lives of millions of people worldwide. Whether it’s substance abuse, such as alcohol or drug...
Neuroimaging and Addiction: A Hope for the Future
Artstract from DALL-E2 created by Kailee Vigen Introduction to Addiction Millions of Americans ages 12 and older struggle with addiction. These substance proble...
Addiction: Is It Really A Choice?
Artwork by Olivia Pederson What is Addiction? In simple terms, addiction is a loss of control of drug use. The word “drug” doesn’t mean you ca...
The Perfect Housewives of the 1950s: Poodle Skirts and Debilitating Drug Addiction
The 1950s housewife of choice Extremely productive, beautiful, and skinny, getting all their chores done in one simply day, just to then start over the next mor...
Gateway Drugs: Psychology or Physiology
As most people know, a gateway drug is a drug that may lead to the use of other, possibly more addictive drugs down the road. What many incorrectly assume howe...
Getting Your Mind Right
Western v Nonwestern Treatments A common theme seen in Western medicine is prescribing and occasionally over prescribing pharmaceuticals to anyone with any sort...
Which Comes First? Mental Illness or Addiction?
We all recall the impossible question of “What comes first, the chicken or the egg?” This questions causes those to spiral in the possibility of both scenarios ...