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Dirk Hanson

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

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Addiction Trajectories: Book Review

Striving for that elusive middle ground. For a journalist who covers neuroscience, the political and psychoanalytic focus of anthropolo...

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Smoking and Surgery Don’t Mix

Even routine operations are riskier for smokers. Smokers who are scheduling a medical operation might want to think seriously about quit...

Sunday, June 16, 2013

A Weak Smoker’s Vaccine Might Be Worse Than None

New PET scans show wide responses to antibodies. One of the brightest hopes of addiction science has been the idea of a vaccine—an anti...

Monday, June 10, 2013

Seven Questions About Marijuana Legalization

RAND researcher nails it neatly. I’ve been meaning to offer up the key points from an excellent column on marijuana legalization that ...

Thursday, June 6, 2013

What We Talk About When We Talk About Drugs

Some number crunching at bluelight.ru. A fantastic set of interactive graphics tracking conversational trends in drugs at the chat boa...

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Will Marijuana “Dabbing” Harm the Legalization Movement?

“Relax, bro—it’s just a blowtorch.” It is called dabbing, and it is something the marijuana legalization movement would rather you did...

Friday, May 31, 2013

Big Tobacco Hasn't Given Up On Smoking. Have You?

World No Smoking Day.

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