Dirk Hanson

The spiritual thing. It often seems as if the proponents of the biological view are offering a take-it-or-leave-it view of human nature and behavior. The gene proposes and the neuropeptide disposes. But one important attribute of the brains receptor systems is that they are not static. The number an...
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The spiritual thing. It often seems as if the proponents of the biological view are offering a take-it-or-leave-it view of human nature and behavior. The gene proposes and the neuropeptide disposes. But one important attribute of the brains receptor systems is that they are not static. The number an...
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A word about chronic illnesses. Its not always easy to conceive of addiction as a complex diseasebut its getting easier. There are certain similarities among chronic diseases. As with diabetes, asthma, and high blood pressure, drug addiction often requires protracted and multi-faceted treatmentstrea...
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The curious connection between exercise and getting high. A Vanderbilt study published in the journal PLoS ONE has confirmed what readers of Addiction Inbox have known for some time Exercise often helps to curve cravings for addictive drugs. The Vanderbilt paper is noteworthy for focusing on heavy m...
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How Science Has Revolutionized the Understanding of Drug Addiction. Addiction to alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs costs Americans as much as half a trillion dollars a year, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Since the 1930s, when the science of addiction got its start, scientists h...
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