KI-TEK What a special occasion. The four of us gathered here to celebrate the partial reactivation of our phones as well as our son’s upcoming job interview with a national franchise. Ki-Tek tries to deliver a heartfelt speech like a TV patriarch but severely lacks the gravitas. Chung...
But a growing number of users cannot fully explain that increase. Estimates from the RAND Corporation indicate that between 2006 and 2016, the number of chronic heroin and methamphetamine users rose about 40%, while the number of chronic cocaine users fell 40%. In the same period, cocaine-invo...
We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit.
000 people die from suicide every year. A 2021 study found that 12.3 million adults had thought about suicide in the previous year. Nearly 3.5 million had made a plan to commit suicide. Some 1.7 million attempted suicide. Heavy drinkers or those who useillegal drugswere more likely than...
Byline: REBECCA ENGLISHDaily Mail (London)
Drugs– such as cocaine, heroin, meth, and cannabis are just a few examples. Alcohol– recent studies have shown that alcohol changes the brain and destroys cells in numerous parts of the body. While alcohol is still widely acceptable in our society it is a poison. ...
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
Most people know the word, but many may not actually know what it is. Here's the skinny: Nicotine is a naturally occurring colorless liquid in tobacco that turns brown when burned. There's technology out there to remove most traces of nicotine from cigarettes. But tobacco companies don't ...
The drug is also used to ease pain and improve quality of life for people who are terminally ill. So how, exactly, does medical marijuana work to treat these conditions? Why, if this medicine is so effective for some people, does it remain controversial and, in many places, illegal? In...
you've used a topical anesthetic. Drugs used in local anesthesia usually end in the suffix "-aine" (such as lidocaine, novocaine or tetracaine) because they're chemically very similar tococaine— the first local anesthetic. The problem with using cocaine as an anesthetic is that it's addictiv...