Sentences with phrase «more addictive drug»
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.
https://politics.stackexchange.com/ Not exact matches
These devices dispense a drug called buprenorphine — itself an opioid, but one that doesn't produce the sort of euphoric and addictive high that more powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and morphine do.
This experimental drug is worth a deeper dive right now because the acute pain market is massive (more than $ 11 billion in just the U.S.), and there's a desperate need for viable alternatives to highly addictive drugs like morphine.
This perspective unmistakably reveals the unwholesomeness, not to put it more strongly, of our way of life: our obsession with sex, violence, and the pornography of «making it;» our addictive dependence on drugs, «entertainment,» and the evening news; our impatience with anything that limits our sovereign freedom of choice, especially with the constraints of marital and familial ties; our preference for «nonbinding commitments;» our third - rate educational system; our third - rate morality; our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong, lest we «impose» their morality on us; our reluctance to judge or be judged; our indifference to the needs of future generations, as evidence by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our unsated assumption, which underlies so much of the propaganda for unlimited abortion, that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.
Recreational «drug» use such as is currently allowed by law here in the U.S. puts upon the general populace many social discords that have tendencies to demoralize the individual welfares thereby lowering the nation's social wellbeing... Synthetically made pharmaceutical drugs can not replace naturally occurring drugs and such synthetics are apt to be more harmful and way more addictive than the naturally occurring ones.
Nicotine, that some people describe as being more addictive than many hard street drugs, is powerless when people really want to quit.
And there are fears that the ban on the drug will drive people towards more addictive substances.
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.
«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.»
At a Senate press briefing Tuesday morning, heads of the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction said that it was time to bolster law enforcement officials» ability to arrest and prosecute drug dealers that put highly addictive heroin and even more dangerous opioids like fentanyl and carfentanyl on the street, after years of legislation aimed at prevention, treatment and insurance coverage.
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.
That's why crack cocaine is more addictive than snorted cocaine: inhaling into the lungs» large surface area rather than the mucous membranes of the nose gets the drug into the bloodstream much faster.
As expected for an addictive stimulant, the rats tended to press the drug - delivery lever more and more in each one - hour session as 20 daily sessions progressed.
The TSRI researchers confirmed the drug's powerful stimulant effects in rats and found evidence that it could be more addictive than methamphetamine, one of the most addictive substances to date.
«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.
We know that cocaine is a powerful and addictive drug and an important question remains: does cocaine mess up this process so that when cocaine users are off the drug they feel like other people have more negative emotions?»
Researchers have discovered one reason why adolescents are more prone to drug addiction than adults, with findings that could lead to new treatments for addictive disorders.
Rats that have access to addictive substances such as cocaine, however, will continually press a lever to get more of the drug, even when it has been replaced by saline.
Opioids, like morphine and tramadol, are highly addictive and the NHS have recently raised concerns about prescription of these drugs, due to opioid overdoses more than doubling in the last decade.
Thus, teenagers are more vulnerable to addictive behaviors, and the impact of drug use on their brains is greater than for older adults.
Although diet soda clearly isn't as addictive as a drug like nicotine, experts say the rituals that surround diet soda and the artificial sweeteners it contains can make some people psychologically — and even physically — dependent on it in ways that mimic more serious addictions.
Whole wheat also contains forms of a highly addictive drug that makes us crave and eat more.
It's super addictive (even more so than drugs) and it changes our taste buds so we dislike healthy foods and crave more and more refined sugars.
«Overall, this research has revealed that sugar and sweet reward can not only be comparable to addictive drugs like cocaine but can even be more rewarding and attractive,» he says.
In fact, some of the more prominent animal studies show that sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine: one in particular went on to show that mice react to Oreo cookies with the same addictive behavior as they do with specific drugs.
We used to brush this off as a sweet tooth, but more and more scientific evidence shows that sugar may be as addictive as some illegal drugs.
Like any highly addictive drug, it perfectly skirts the line between frustration and «just one more.»
The footage is shocking enough by today's standards (and by the standards of the time), and is all the more so when juxtaposed with an industry memo from 30 years earlier that states the exact opposite: «We are... in the business of selling nicotine, an addictive drug.»
Government scientists who are demanding more money and authority in order to «stop global warming» are exactly the same as tobacco scientists insisting their drug is neither addictive nor carcinogenic.
The film, which premieres at SXSW, investigates the addictive world of performance enhancing drugs, and how they have impacted education, Wall Street, Silicon Valley and more.
They are also more likely to experience depression and anxiety and may turn to drugs or alcohol or other addictive behaviors in order to cope.
In contexts of heightened emotional stress and dysregulated states, individuals with comorbid internalizing and substance use disorders may be more likely drawn to drugs as a means to cope, which not only limits learning of effective emotion regulation and coping strategies, but also further reinforces addictive behaviors.