Bromo-Dragonfly & the DEA Microgram Bulletin
Bromo-DragonFLY, DragonFLY, or B-Fly … began to appear as a street drug notably in Oregon, Australia, Germany, Sweden and Denmark. The young people who made me aware of the drug … describe their experience as mildly or sometimes ambivalently negative: “too intense”, “LSD for robots”, “rat poison”, “lasts too long and leaves you drained”, “definitely not for everyone, just too powerful”.
DEA Drugs and Chemicals of Concern: Kratom
…the effects of kratom as similar to opium, leading to stupor and habitual use while others found its leaves to be a stimulant like cocaine – chewed, swallowed like tea, or occasionally smoked to increase work output and tolerance to intense sunlight.
GABAergic Medications in Treatment
…research indicates that drug craving is associated with increased dopamine activity in the nucleus accumbens septi of the brain…. drug use dramatically increase the levels of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens. It is believed that GABA modulates or reduces the dopamine levels in that area of the brain …
Meth Lab Reduction vs. Demand Reduction
untreated addiction costs society and the addict $30,000 to $150,000 a year …… intensive outpatient treatment averages just $2,500.
Alcohol and Religion
A November 7, 2007 article in the Los Angeles Times by Christian Berthelsen and Said Rifai focused on the use of alcohol in Iraq. In spite of being a Muslim country, for the last several decades Iraq had a reputation as being a modern, secular society that allowed alcohol, particularly among the upper classes. Discotheques, […]
Knockout Mice, the Nobel Prize, & Addiction Research
This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to three scientists for discovering principles that allow the modification of a mouse’s genes by the use of embryonic stem cells. This is a reminder of the importance of mice in addiction research. “Knockout mice” were created in the 1980’s; these mice were missing one […]