2017 is shaping up as the most profitable year ever for the U.S. heroin trade... Cartels have begun lacing heroin with synthetic opioids including fentanyl, making a dose more addictive and cheaper to produce. Powerful synthetics are sometimes flown in from Hong Kong are known as “pink.” “We are seeing an unbelievably sad and extensive heroin epidemic, and there is no … [Read more...] about Heroin Use Booming in America
Drug Abuse
Professionals have become the city’s new potheads as acceptance of marijuana use increases
.. They are the city’s new pot-smoking professionals — ganja-puffing teachers, TV execs and businessmen who go about their daily routines while under the influence, thanks to the drug’s decriminalization. ...A downtown Manhattan mom said she’s even cool with lighting up during play dates. ...A Brooklyn teacher told The Post that it’s a good thing city education officials … [Read more...] about Professionals have become the city’s new potheads as acceptance of marijuana use increases
Digital Pharmakeia and Media Addiction
The US Navy’s head of addiction research, Cmdr. Dr. Andrew Doan, likes media screen time to “digital pharmakeia” (Greek for pharmaceuticals), a term he coined to explain the neurobiological effects produced by video technologies. Recent brain-imaging research by the US military confirms that glowing screens affect the brain’s frontal cortex - which controls executive … [Read more...] about Digital Pharmakeia and Media Addiction