Sentences with phrase «addictive drugs»

Others are suddenly having to go cold turkey off highly addictive drugs, like crack or heroin.

After two months of addictive drug use, researchers then took the isolated rats and put them in the fun, socially active cages.

These are the same regions of the brain activated by addictive drugs and thought to lead to addiction.

In essence, alcohol and other addictive drugs help the «teachers» teach better.

The researchers believe the same neurons may be active in responses to many addictive drugs.

That's because of the particularly addictive drugs coffee contains.

First a little background on behavior modification and addictive drug testing.

Whole wheat also contains forms of a highly addictive drug that makes us crave and eat more.

They have shown to be increasingly effective in reducing symptoms and helping control disorders without the adverse side effects of addictive drugs and medications.

Interestingly, sugar binds to the same addictive receptors as cocaine and other addictive drugs.

Too much fatty food raises the threshold for feelings of satisfaction, just like addictive drugs, sparking a cycle of compulsive overeating

It's been shown, for example, that sweet foods trigger the same feel - good brain chemicals as addictive drugs.

Watch out big tobacco — there is another highly - addictive drug on the streets trailing closely behind you, and this one has detrimental health effects that are similar to yours with a slightly sweeter disposition to boot!

Brain scans demonstrate that sugar acts on the same part of the brain as highly addictive drugs such as opiates and amphetamines.

The blockers can also reduce heroin, alcohol and cocaine use in human drug addicts, supporting the idea that common mechanisms regulate hedonic overeating and addictive drug use.

As a medical discipline that emphasizes a holistic approach and natural treatments, naturopathic medicine offers safe and effective alternatives to highly addictive drugs for managing chronic pain.

I would argue, even ignoring all the other arguments above, that if this was the entirety of the issue with marijuana it should be made legal on the grounds that freedom of choice, even bad choices, should be favored if the harm is minor enough; as shown by our legalizing of other equally or more addictive drugs.

Both sweet foods and addictive drugs stimulate the ventral striatum of our brain via dopamine signaling.

Rats that explore a new environment for a prolonged period of time were more interested in addictive drugs,» says Daniel McGehee, PhD, associate professor and lead researcher on this study.»

Acquiring customers online is a fickle beast and can be a dangerously addictive drug unless all the KPI's are tracked meticulously.

The calamity is that a broad regulatory and cultural shift released a massive quantity of addictive drugs into the public at large.

Welby, who has listed reconciliation as one of his major priorities during his time as Archbishop of Canterbury added, «If you get involved in reconciliation it's a very addictive drug.

Last time I checked alcohol, nicotine and caffeine were legal, addictive drugs so Francis what sayest thou?

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said marijuana is not «a factor in the drug war,» citing addictive drugs as the key border focus for fighting illegal drugs in the U.S.

«Ideally, if it gets too expensive to use those drugs, perhaps they'll move on to other, less addictive drugs.»

«We're also seeking information on whether distributors neglected their legal obligation to flag suspicious orders to the DEA and if their employees were provided incentives in the form of bonuses for selling more dangerous addictive drugs.»

In people, addictive drugs desensitise the brain by raising the threshold of «reward» activity that is needed to feel satisfied: more drug is needed to achieve the same effect.

Pavlovian memories Addictive drugs cause dopamine neurons, which synthesize and store the neurotransmitter dopamine, to release it, signaling to other brain areas to take note of the context surrounding the drug — the better to replicate the experience in the future.

As well as contributing to thousands of deaths, opioid addiction is also causing many babies to be born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, which is caused by infants being exposed to addictive drugs while in the womb.

Dopamine - blocking medications could target not only addictive drugs such as cocaine, but also compulsive behaviors like gambling or eating.

Addiction - related memories are exceptionally strong and stable, suggesting that addictive drugs remodel the brain's circuitry in a prominent and lasting way.

Now we are closer to understanding why, with a detailed picture of how the highly addictive drug methamphetamine causes long - lasting changes in key communication pathways between neurons in the brain.

And in still other work that Janda will discuss at the meeting, the Scripps team has made progress in developing a vaccine against captagon, a highly addictive drug consisting of amphetamine linked to theophylline, a drug chemically related to caffeine, that is a major problem in the Middle East.

In the animals that were more likely to take addictive drugs, the effects of these receptors were much stronger, leading to more profound excitation of the cells and pathways associated with reward.

In the meantime, the current study builds evidence that addictive drugs appropriate the neurobiological tools of learning and memory to create long - term changes in brain reward pathways.

Eating sugary foods like chocolate excites your appetite and activates the same neurotransmitters that prompt the brain's pleasure state — in a similar way to what addictive drugs like heroin do.

Sugar triggers the brain similar to other addictive drugs thus creating uncontrollable cravings for sugar all day.

Back problems are almost epidemic in our society; in fact, chronic back pain lies at the root of the escalating opioid crisis, which has turned into a major public health issue in the U.S. Not surprisingly, the American College of Physicians now recommends that doctors recommend self - care techniques like yoga and Tai Chi for back pain sufferers before prescribing addictive drugs.

Sweets and fats actually trigger the same pleasure centers in the brain that addictive drugs do.

Recording a pet owner's name and address when potentially addictive drugs such as hydrocodone and tramadol are dispensed would allow physicians and pharmacists to identify people who may be diverting pet medications to personal -LSB-...]

He necks down can after can of «NARC» which is some kind of addictive drug drink that aids the nanomachines in his body.

Since the federal government still classifies marijuana on the same level as heroin, meth, and other deadly addictive drugs, it's almost impossible to use marijuana in medical studies.

Much like addictive drugs, power uses these ready - made reward circuitries, producing extreme pleasure.

12 Can't Get Enough of Your Love: Dopamine is produced in the ventral tegmental area of the brain, the same region affected by addictive drugs like cocaine.

get real yourself IM, we are so overtaxed and underserved and another tax on cigarettes won't do anything but make poor saps who are addicted to the most addictive drug of all time pay more and feel more miserable, or they will buy bootleg cigarettes.

«The stress response evolved to protect us, but addictive drugs use those mechanisms and trick our brains to keep us coming back for more,» Dani said.

As a whole, however, they turn this 3 - series on steroids into a more addictive drug, a purer driving machine.

Alcohol and other addictive drugs activate the dopamine system in the brain which is responsible for feelings of pleasure and reward.