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The Science of Substance Abuse

Dirk Hanson

Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Biology of Stimulants, or Why You Can’t Stay High Forever

An essay on the losing battle for perpetual reward. The amphetamine high, like the cocaine high, is a marvel of biochemical efficiency. S...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Saga of Phen-Fen

How a blockbuster diet pill died. It took many years to bring depression and its treatment into the rational light of day. Addiction in t...

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

On Chemical Imbalances in the Brain

Maybe it’s not such a bad theory after all. The brain, as always, bats last. It compensates, reregulates, and adjusts. One of the major w...

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