When colleges are working with students or employees who are facing substance use concerns, one of the most common questions Behavioral Intervention Teams (BITs) encounter is: Can we objectively ...
Rowan County Public Health is inviting residents to participate in a new, anonymous community survey designed to better understand attitudes and beliefs about substance use and substance use disorders ...
These experiments demonstrate that powerful instinctive survival behaviors can be overcome by activating the brain’s reward pathway through the release of dopamine. Since rats do not have ...
(THE CONVERSATION) When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site like Reddit, TikTok or YouTube probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Yet the ...
Illustration showing a teens brain being affected by drinks, social media and cigarettes. Adolescence is a pivotal phase during the development of the brain, marked by increased plasticity. That ...
Risk-taking and testing limits are a regular part of adolescent development. Many teens experiment with drugs, alcohol, or over-the-counter substances during this period. While the desire to ...
Survivors Union of the Bluegrass is a community advisory board made up of current drug users or those who are in non-abstinence recovery. Kentucky Edition is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...