Letter: Drugs for addicts.

Comparing Time Perception among Morphine-Derived Drugs Addicts and Controls

Background: The aim of the present study is to compare time perception among drug addicts and controls. Methods: 30 drug addicts were selected, and 30 non-addict individuals were selected as the control group. The two groups performed three tests of time reproduction, time estimation, and time discrimination. Findings: There was a significant difference between the addicts group and the control...

Comparing Time Perception among Morphine-Derived Drugs Addicts and Controls

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study is to compare time perception among drug addicts and controls. METHODS 30 drug addicts were selected, and 30 non-addict individuals were selected as the control group. The two groups performed three tests of time reproduction, time estimation, and time discrimination. FINDINGS There was a significant difference between the addicts group and the contro...

The medical letter on drugs and therapeutics.

Qigong Detoxification for Heroin Addicts

Qigong Detoxification for Heroin Addicts Ming Li is a lecturer with the Institute of Qigong Research, Guangzhou University, People’s Republic of China. Kevin Chen is an assistant professorin the Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, in Newark, NJ. Zhixian Mo is an associate professor in the Department of Chinese Medicine, First Military Medical University...

Letter: Use of drugs and their effects on leprosy patients.

Looking back on the Tenth International Leprosy Congress in Bergen in August, I would like to say it was an interesting and useful time. But , I have a comment to make which I think ought to be said ; if there had been time, I would have commented on it during the discussion periods at the congress. It should be remembered that medical and paramedi ca l workers have on the whole upheld a strict...