Yearly Archives - 2024

Cocaine: Side-Effects and Addiction Treatment

Ali Chmabers2024-03-19T21:20:50+00:00 As a result, the user can no longer feel pleasure from their usual activities and must take cocaine to feel normal. In its soft form, the drug is typically added to another substance, such as sprinkling cocaine in a joint of marijuana or mixing it with standard tobacco for a hand-rolled cigarette. The effect of smoking cocaine in its powdered form is not typically as strong as when the drug is manipulated through chemical changes and cooked into a hard...

Psychological Addiction: Meaning, Symptoms, Treatment

Ali Chmabers2024-03-19T16:02:27+00:00 It focuses attention on and drives people to pursue specific goals. Both substance use disorders and gambling behaviors have an increased likelihood of being accompanied by mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety, or other pre-existing problems. Substance use and gambling disorders not only engage the same brain mechanisms, they respond to many of the same treatment approaches. Environment and culture also play a role in how a person responds to a substance or behavior. A lack or disruption...