Tag: NIDA

From Paramount, Pluto, plus the great good folks who brought you “This is Your Brain on Drugs” comes the compelling Untreated & Unheard.

Skill-challenged surgeons and fentanyl-dealing pharmacists aren’t the only risks associated with the booming medical tourism industry…

Processed Food Addiction may not really be our thing, but habit-forming substances sure are. And in this case, it’s a bona fide outbreak.

As if victims of gunshots, traffic accidents, natural disasters and pandemics weren’t burden enough, now hospital emergency rooms are being forced to deal with a wave of ailments not seen since the folks succumbed to bathtub gin and rotgut whisky. We’re talking about stoned seniors, dig? No, not high school seniors – senior citizen seniors. Many, many of whom are…
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Benzo dependence is becoming so commonplace that doctors have now given it a name: Complex Persistent Benzodiazepine Dependence, or CPBD.