Experts Skeptical About 'Digital Drugs' Claims by Teens
|
Live Science --Between
smoking banana peels, suffocating each other
and eating nutmeg, it seems like teenagers
will do nearly anything to get the high
associated with illegal drug use. But if
educators at Mustang High School in Mustang,
Oklahoma are to be believed, an even more
unlikely pseudo-drug has found its way into
common use: psychedelic music and tones that
can be downloaded through the Internet. |
******************************
Designer Drugs Baffle Europe
|
Wall Street Journal
-- Europe is grappling with a flood of
powerful and sometimes lethal new narcotics
that are often legal when they first appear
because authorities have never seen or
banned them before. |
**************************
|
Medical News Today — Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have found that a particular type of genetic material plays a key role in determining vulnerability to cocaine addiction and may offer an entirely new direction for the development of anti-addiction therapies. In animal studies, the scientists found that a molecule called microRNA-212 was increased in the brains of test animals that had extended access to cocaine. MicroRNA-212 controlled how much cocaine the animals consumed. More... |
********************************************
Check out the selection of books available!! And remember: Every time you purchase a book through the website, you're helping to support People Helping People!






LOS
ANGELES (Reuters) — Lindsay Lohan’s new attorney, celebrity lawyer
Robert Shapiro, said Friday the troubled actress will got to jail as recently
ordered by the judge overseeing her probation.




