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Nonviolent Drug Offenders Need Treatment--Not Prison: The Solution to Prison Overcrowding in West Virginia
Keywords Drug courts; prison overcrowding; opioid epidemic; incarceration rates; West Virginia; recidivism; addiction; rehabilitation
Neuroscience and addiction research: Current advances and perspectives
Keywords Addiction; Substance Use Disorder; Neurobiology of Addiction; Brain Adaptation; Opioid Epidemic
The Vicious Cycle: Problematic Family Relations, Substance Abuse, and Crime in Adolescence: A Narrative Review
Keywords Adolescence; risky behaviors; juvenile delinquency; family communication; parental support; family climate; socio-economic status
Naloxone precipitated withdrawal increases dopamine release in the dorsal striatum of opioid dependent men
Drive, instinct, reflex-Applications to treatment of anxiety, depressive and addictive disorders
Keywords SEEKING (enthusiasm) system; addiction; anxiety disorders; depressive disorder; drive (instinct); instinct; neuropsychoanalysis; pleasure (principle)
P.G. v. Jefferson County
Keywords methadone; ADA; pretrial detainees; jails; due process violation; medication access; court ruling
Amicus Curiae Letter in Support of Petition for Review in Chelsea Becker v. Superior Court
Keywords pregnancy loss; stillbirth; substance use during pregnancy; criminal prosecution; prenatal care; substance use disorder
Brief of Amici Curiae Center for Constitutional Rights, Transgender Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Make the Road New York et al. in Support of Respondents
Keywords Homelessness; criminalization of poverty; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; affordable housing crisis; public sleeping bans
Primer: Psychedelics
Keywords Psychedelics; Psilocybin; MDMA; Serotonin receptors; Therapeutic potential; Neurobiology; Set and setting; Neuroplasticity; LSD
Adolescent Cannabis Use, Comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Other Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders
Keywords Adolescence; Anxiety; Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Cannabis; Conduct disorder; Depression; Externalizing symptoms
Use of Marijuana: Effect on Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Keywords AHA Scientific Statements; brain; cannabis; cognition; marijuana; stroke
Addington v. Texas
Keywords civil commitment; clear and convincing evidence; procedural protections; due process; involuntary commitment