Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol

Published February 10, 2014

Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol – TWEET IT – http://clicktotweet.com/IpS22 Understanding your drunken stupor, from the brain’s perspective. Find out how alcohol molecules alter your brain, ul…

Charleston-area heroin use trending upward?

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The number of recorded heroin deaths nearly doubled nationally between 2000 and 2012, and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported a noticeable jump in new, and younger, users in recent years. Between 2007 and 2012, the number of people …
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The GOP Thinks Obamacare Is Making You Lazy

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Since the law contains dual mandates that most individuals must obtain health insurance coverage and most employers must offer it by 2014, "the effect on employment is probably zero or close to it," said Amitabh Chandra, a professor of public policy at …
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