Relief from pain. In some people, prescription pain relievers also cause euphoria or feelings of well being by affecting the brain regions that mediate pleasure. This is why they are abused. Other effects include drowsiness, constipation and slowed breathing. [...]

On Sunday researchers at the University of Buffalo reported that Ritalin, used on children diagnosed with ADHD, may cause long-term changes in the brain. Many clinicians regard Ritalin as short-acting but the research with gene expression in an animal model suggests that it has the potential for causing long-lasting changes [...]

The body produces many chemicals and hormones, i.e., histamines, steroids, thyroid hormone, digitalis-like substances, adrenalin, etc, all of which work by attaching to corresponding brain receptors. The key is that these natural substances produced by the body are present in nanogram amounts [...]

The purpose of this article is to set out ten key facts that teachers need to know about cannabis if they are to be able to inform the pupils in their care authoritatively and which ideally they need to actively communicate when the context or situation arises: [...]

In the wake of a meeting of the UK government’s advisory body on drugs to discuss the harmful effects of ecstasy, Professor Keith Laws and Professor Fabrizio Schifano will reveal research findings about the drug at the university’s Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase on October 21. [...]

“Studies of the effect of cannabis smoking on respiratory and general health indicate that the use of cannabis alone has an adverse effect on respiratory health…” [...]

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and tic disorders showed a 37 percent improvement when they took the medication guanfacine, an alternative to drugs like Ritalin, which can worsen tics, Yale researchers found in a new study published in the July issue of American Journal of Psychiatry.
“Guanfacine appears to be a safe and effective [...]

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By Connie Prater and Shari Rudavsky
People who use cocaine regularly may have a harder time breaking the habit if they used Ritalin or the club drug Ecstasy in their youth, a University of Miami study suggests.
The number of U.S. children and adolescents who were prescribed Ritalin and other stimulants surged dramatically in the 1990s.
The study, [...]

Ritalin, the prescription drug used to counteract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is being sold on a developing black market in American playgrounds.
Legitimate use of the stimulant has exploded seven-fold in the past ten years, and it is now taken by approximately two million children with ADHD.
In conjunction with this growth of legal use, abuse has [...]