Sentences with phrase «only addictive drugs»

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

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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.

The report, «Drugs for Dollars: How Medicaid Helps Fuel the Opioid Epidemic,» highlighted how increased access to addictive painkilling drugs was a factor — though not the only factor — in the growing drug - related death Drugs for Dollars: How Medicaid Helps Fuel the Opioid Epidemic,» highlighted how increased access to addictive painkilling drugs was a factor — though not the only factor — in the growing drug - related death drugs was a factor — though not the only factor — in the growing drug - related death toll.

Previous research, for example, has shown that a majority of never - smokers given a cigarette or dose of nicotine not only report disliking the effects, but later, when offered a nicotine - containing pill, gum or candy, or a placebo — a classic test of the «reinforcement» abilities of an addictive drug — they chose the placebo.

Not only do many of the packaged foods we eat contain large amounts of sugar, but studies have shown sugar to have similar addictive qualities to that of opiate drugs.

About 28 million people try marijuana each year, and only between 8 % and 10 % of users exhibit addictive behavior like drug seeking, Cunningham says.

Mixing drugs not only increases carcinogens, but also makes smoking in moderation difficult due to the addictive nature of tobacco.

«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.

Considering the fact that these drugs are effective for only a short time, then become so addictive they can be pure torture to get off, do you really want to risk developing Alzheimer's in exchange for a short period of time anxiety - free?

The only problem with KENP is that it's addictive - surely getting that wild rush from seeing that readers are reading my stories beats any drug ever manufactured legally or illegally.

So while some schools will continue to make minor, public - relations - driven, cosmetic changes, only the federal government can cut off the drug money supply that's keeping law schools on their current addictive and self - destructive path.

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.