September 28, 2021
Few things are as American as the idea that work is a virtue. Unfortunately, the line between virtue and pathological behavior can sometimes be blurred. Though […]
September 9, 2021
Anabolic-androgenic steroids are generally considered to be habit-forming drugs, though not in same the way as other widely misused substances.1 Unlike most other drugs associated with […]
September 7, 2021
The link between substance use disorder (SUD) and suicide is one of the few widely-held ideas about SUD that is supported by data. As September is […]
August 19, 2021
In the past few decades, a bewildering array of synthetic substances have started to become available on the market. Among these hundreds of different substances, synthetic […]
July 27, 2021
Seroquel, a brand name of the bipolar disorder medication quetiapine, is one of the best-recognized and widely prescribed psychiatric drugs in the United States. It is […]
July 13, 2021
The practice of addiction treatment has changed many times in the past few decades. Yet the idea of “gateway drugs” is one that’s still commonly used […]
June 1, 2021
Cannabis has been legal for recreational use in Massachusetts for half a decade and it looks as though it will also become legal at the federal […]
May 18, 2021
The number of opioid-related deaths in Greater Boston has increased over five-fold since the end of the 1990s, with a new peak reached during the COVID-19 […]
May 13, 2021
It has been almost five years since Massachusetts legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Statewide legalization has effectively changed a few things in the Greater Boston […]