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Dirk Hanson

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Showing posts with label meth. Show all posts

Showing posts with label meth. Show all posts

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Strokes in Young People

Drug use as a risk factor. (First published 12-09-12) When a stroke happens to anyone under the age of 55, a major suspect is drugs, ...

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Methamphetamine: An Excerpt

There’s more than one kind of monster. Type and I pass the pipe. The overhead light flickers and the wind picks up even more. It’s com...

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The New Highs: Are Bath Salts Addictive?

What we know and don’t know about synthetic speed. Part II. Call bath salts a new trend, if you insist. Do they cause psychosis? Are th...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Bath Salts, Graphically

What you need to know about mephedrone. The Pat Moore Foundation has put together this nifty chart as a primer on mephedrone, the amphe...

Friday, April 22, 2011

Let’s Get Cellular: Meth Metabolism

Speedy fruit flies metabolize glucose differently. We know from the work of Nora Volkow and others that meth abusers have chronically lo...

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