Downers and dopamine
Downers especially oxycontin and vicodin are becoming the new drugs of choice for young people, and increasingly, suburbanites. Viewed as less dangerous than heroin, though they are in fact becoming the new gateway TO heroin.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Ecstacy
PTSD has been around for a long time as humans — wars and natural disasters remind us. Dr Inaba looks at the condition, which is not unlike an acid flashback, and discusses new therapies, including ecstacy.
Update on Smoking – teen smoking levels off, hospital loosens restrictions
Teen smoking was falling, but has leveled off, missing the CDC goal of reducing the number of young smokers to 17% or less. And a Toronto metropolitan hospital has loosened its prohibition of smoking on campus, owing to the disruption smokers from the hospital were causing the neighborhood. Also a glimpse at new wide-spectrum addiction-mediation […]
New treatment for uppers, and changes in federal funding
No treatment medications for cocaine and meth addicts have been approved by the FDA. Now a new drug that focuses on upper drugs – in combination with motivational counseling – is being clinically tested in San Francisco that may offer cocaine and meth users more hope for better treatment outcomes from their addiction. Also a […]
Fatherhood influence can prevent addictions
Dr Inaba was keynote speaker at the recent Fatherhood Solutions Conference in Los Angeles. He shares his perspective and highlights some of the research showing the profound affect a more involved father can have a reducing their child’s chances of developing addiction problems. Listen to podcast.
Advances in addiction treatment medications
As our understanding of the reward-reinforcement systems and other brain’s functions increases, more medications are being developed for the treatment of addictions, and they hold promise for more than just drug addiction. Dr Inaba comments.