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Dirk Hanson

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

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Do Alcoholic Women Want Women-Only Treatment?

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It's complicated.  In an article appearing in the June 29 edition of the journal Addiction, researchers ask women what they think ...
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Monday, January 22, 2018

New Study Casts Doubt on Current "Despair" Models of Addiction

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The recent Hari/Hart/Lewis hypothesis that addiction is not primarily metabolic or genetic, but rather the result of "despair"...
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Sunday, January 7, 2018

Alcohol and Cancer, Explained

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"Alcohol and endogenous aldehydes damage chromosomes and mutate stem cells" Juan I. Garaycoechea, Gerry P. Crossan, Frédéric ...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Alcohol Should Be More Expensive

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Without a doubt, the alcohol you're drinking this Holiday Season is too damn cheap. By all means check out the new piece by ...
Friday, August 4, 2017

Corey Booker's Statement on Marijuana Legalization

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Sen. Booker's petition would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances.  "For decades, the failed War on Drugs h...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Marijuana, Sleep, and Dreams

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The indica vs. sativa debate, continued.  [First published July 13, 2015.] Anyone who has smoked marijuana more than a couple of times ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Heroin in Vietnam: The True Story of the Robins Study

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Editor's note: The famous Robins study  on heroin use among Vietnam veterans  has been so often—and so recently—misinterpreted  th...
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