The Canadian Center on Substance Abuse (CCSA) announced its biennial national conference on substance abuse, Issues of Substance 2009. There will be a number of discussions…
National Substance Abuse Conference Discusses The Role of Addiction Treatment Systems in Canada
At Issues of Substance 2009, over 13 sessions, The CCSA will also examine the role of treatment systems from a variety of perspectives, including Canada’s…
Study in UK Reveals Dangers of Ketamine
New research from the UK links Ketamine with memory loss and other adverse psychological effects, as well as reveals the drug might be more addictive…
Substance Abuse Becomes A Part of Med School Curriculum
Drug addiction is often not sufficiently if at all, covered in medical schools’ curriculum, despite being a national major public health issue. Addiction severely affects…
Gambling addiction – is there a genetic component?
A recent study from The North American Foundation for Gambling Addiction Help reports that approximately 2.6% of the US population has a gambling problem –…