What is an Opioid Use Disorder?
What is an opioid use disorder? What is heroin? Understanding the effects of opioids.
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- Dec 31, 2019
Understanding Nicotine Use Disorder
Cigarette smoking and vaping damages nearly every organ in the human body, and can cause lung cancer, respiratory disorders, heart disease,
- Dec 31, 2019
What is an Alcohol Use Disorder?
Alcohol is one of the most commonly consumed intoxicating substances and legal in most parts of the world. Drinking too much can cause a...
- Feb 4, 2019
Addiction 101
Understand the basics of addiction, including how it affects the brain, why some people are more susceptible to developing an addiction,...
- Jul 31, 2018
Understanding Severity
Like other chronic illnesses, substance use disorders get worse over time. There are 3 levels of severity: mild, moderate, and severe.
- Jul 24, 2018
Whirlpools of Risk: Understanding Risk Factors
People have different risk factors that make them more vulnerable to developing SUDs.
- Jul 17, 2018
The Hijacker: Understanding Addiction and the Brain
“The Hijacker” explainer video breaks down how repeated substance misuse changes the brain
- Dec 2, 2014
Brain Imaging Reveals What Causes Drug Addiction in Humans
Doctor Nora Volkow, MD, research psychiatrist and scientist, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National...
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