by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000337 Comment; Good review, no surprises, habitual users often lose their drivers license. Scooters are a reasonable choice in their line of thinking, add to this ongoing substance abuse, the outcome is predictable as verified by...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2748665 Comment; This seems to be an article that presents what’s been widely observed and known—but can now be quoted from a peer-reviewed journal. Elizabeth...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743519302890?via%3Dihub Comment; Post-overdose care should include drug use disorder help as it is the time frame most likely to be effective in getting a user who nearly died to re-assess their life and what they...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/addiction-and-substance-misuse/advisory-on-marijuana-use-and-developing-brain/index.html Comment; Good summary of the risks of marijuana–especially the higher THC concentration product available today,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://time.com/5638316/war-on-drugs-opium-history/ Comment; A sad commentary on the state of drug enforcement in the US–a state that persists to some degree or other to this day.
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, ISEAI
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3140.html Comment; People who use drugs in the United States spent on the order of $150 billion on cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in 2016! That’s a LOT of “border walls” to slow the influx...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssensors.9b00762 Comment; Artificial Intelligence meets nano-manufacturing to create something we’d only been able to dream of before, an accurate, hand-held “breathalyzer” that can detect THC levels. Sean I....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2749052 Comment; Good news for Britain in terms of a billion fewer cigarettes smoked each year, but what about vaping? I still think vaping is safer than smoking (but not safe!) and is a good...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Genetic behavioral screen identifies an orphan anti-opioid system Comment; So now we’ve found naturally occuring “brakes” to the µ mu receptor which causes analgesia & euphoria and being naturally occuring in our brains. What can we do with this?...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2019190562 Comment; Significant findings! Even nicotine-free vapor inhalation causes significant changes in major vessel circulation decreases, increased vessel wall stiffness and other problems. Adding nicotine will only...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-opioids-litigation/drugmakers-endo-allergan-agree-to-15-million-in-settlements-in-major-opioid-case-idUSKCN1VA1FU Comment; Pretty good haul for just two counties, I wonder how much of that will go to help those who need it? Nate...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11622-x?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=organic&utm_campaign=NGMT_2_SJH_NRJournals Comment; More clarification and definition is good to have. Flavonoids help prevent cancer, dose effect...
