By Arthur Falek, Ph.D. What is known about the genetic aspects of opiate addiction? Opiates such as heroin and dilaudid are drugs which have long been known to relieve or depress pain but increased consumption frequently result in uncontrolled drug use and addiction. These properties of opiates led to the discovery that there are specific opiate receptors in the brain and that the central nervo...

Marijuana was illegal to possess or sell in California for 103 years. The state first banned it 1913, grouping with opiates and cocaine on a list of prohibited vice drugs adopted six years earlier, meaning that subject the same penalties as these other, far more dangerous, until 1961. Initially framed “Mexican” drug, marijuana prohibition enforcement began periphery Los Angeles older Latino nei...

حي ت يو جذومنلأا ىلع يطخلا ريغ أ ،ءاملا ةمدص رث جاوملأاو يلاقتنلاا ه ، ةفاضإ ىلإ ضيف ءا ملا . مب ا نمق ه تءافآو ما ظنلا ة ناتم ة ساردلو أ ة شقان تاز يمملاو تابارط ضلاا ر ث (Parameters) ملا ر يغت ة بُ لطتيو ، مُيم صت ةَ فرعم ما ظنلا اذ ه ي ف ر يغتلا ىد م هذ ه مي ق تازيمملا . ةُقيرط تمدخُتسا دقو H ∞ يف دودحلا ةد يدع ميمصتلا . تا نارتقلاا را بتخا م ت ا مآ لا ة يكيمانيدلا ة ننقملا مكحت لل ة بولطملا ...

BACKGROUND In New York City (NYC), the annual mortality rate is higher for accidental drug overdoses than for homicides; cocaine and opiates are the drugs most frequently associated with drug overdose deaths. We assessed trends and correlates of cocaine- and opiate-related overdose deaths in NYC during 1990-2000. METHODS Data were collected from the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (O...

In the first British study to investigate systematically what happens to opiate addicts after treatment 50 opiate addicts admitted for inpatient treatment of their drug dependence were followed up for six months after discharge. All had been withdrawn from opiates before follow up. Six months later 26 were not using opiates: 12 had not used opiates at any time since discharge. When subjects in ...