Sentences with phrase «for cocaine dependence»

One - year follow - up of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for cocaine dependence.

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While it is not harmless, marijuana causes less harm and involves less risk of dependence than alcohol, tobacco and drugs such as benzodiazepines (which are prescribed as sedatives), cocaine and heroin,» says Enzo Tagliazucchi, an addiction researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience.

This elevation in AMI risk was slightly lessened to 25 percent after further adjustment for other variables, such as hepatitis C infection, kidney disease, alcohol / cocaine abuse or dependence, and hemoglobin levels.

The George lab has made seminal contributions to the field including: discovering a novel population of neurons in the brain of humans, rats and mice that are involved in nicotine dependence, identifying neuronal ensembles responsible for nicotine and alcohol addiction, and unveiled the cellular and molecular changes associates with long term use of nicotine, cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol use on the brain.

Andy Thomson, the designer of the Sustain Minihome, used to describe propane (bottle gas) as the «crack cocaine of the tiny living movement» because of the dependence on it for the real hit of heat it provides.

How effective are psychosocial treatments for the management of cannabis, cocaine, opiate and polysubstance abuse and dependence?

Choosing addiction counseling and therapy is a vital step for physical dependence on substances, such as alcohol, prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs, marijuana and cocaine.

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence measures.40