Category: Alcohol And Drug Abuse

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Tianeptine, or gas station heroin, is the latest entry to the list of substances purveyed online and at gas stations and convenience stores, that are drugs with abuse potential and are completely unregulated. When someone overdoses or otherwise reacts badly …

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Gas station heroin. That’s the popular moniker for tianeptine, a drug being marketed under various names in convenience stores, gas stations and smoke shops, as well as online. Substance use disorder expert Michael Fingerhood at Johns Hopkins says just like …

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Tianeptine is a drug that likely can be found in your local gas stations, along with the caffeine bombs and other mind-altering substances. Michael Fingerhood, a substance use disorder expert at Johns Hopkins, says while tianeptine is just the latest …

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How is it that some people appear to be able to use alcohol, even several drinks at a sitting, and not be impacted much, while others are more susceptible to becoming intoxicated? Alcohol use disorder expert Denis Antoine at Johns …

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As the holidays approach with their celebrations, alcohol frequently plays a prominent part. Denis Antoine, an alcohol use disorder expert at Johns Hopkins, says overuse may occur more often at these times, with binge drinking and high intensity drinking. Antoine: …

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Children as young as 12 years of age may manifest alcohol use disorder, while the number of young people trying alcohol continues to grow, recent data indicate. Alcohol use disorder expert Denis Antoine at Johns Hopkins says if you’re the …

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Alcohol use disorder or AUD is characterized by someone’s compulsion to use alcohol, an inability to control that use and stop using alcohol even when it is causing problems in their life. Denis Antoine, an AUD expert at Johns Hopkins, …

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