Neuroscience and Medicine / Addiction

Documents:

• New York Through the Eye of a Needle
  By Peter McDermott. From "The Face", Oct 1992
• Use and abuse of khat (Catha edulis): a review of the distribution, pharmacology, side effects and a description of psychosis attributed to khat chewing
  from Psychological Medicine, v19: 657-668
• Ibogaine -- The End Of Heroin Withdrawl?
  by Alexander Highcrest. From "eye WEEKLY", August 4, 1994, Toronto.
• Patent concerning GHB treatment of alcoholism.
  US Patent #4983632
• Using GHB to Mitigate Opiate Withdrawal
  by Bilbo
• Ecstasy (MDMA) Dependence
  by Karl Jansen, from Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol.53/2, pp. 121-124, 1988.
• Additives Found in American Cigarettes
  List of 599 substances identified from tobacco industry documents
• Ibogaine Info
  by Shecky Green, from alt.psychoactives
• Ibogaine article from the Philadelphia Enquirer
  July 4, 1992
• Ibogaine: A Psychedelic Treatment for Drug Addiction.
  by Linda Gibson. From "High Times", March 1992

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Contacts and URLs:

• GHB FAQs page (homepage, more info)
  Information and FAQs on GHB.
  • GHB Abuse
    A valuable collection of postings on GHB abuse and addiction, unfortunately rather disorganized. (related items...)
  • GHB Therapy FAQ (related items...)
• Hedonistic Imperative (homepage, more info)
  Entry point for an eclectic group of sites with information and opinions on many things, including drugs.
  • The neurobiology of cannabinoid dependence: sex differences and potential interactions between cannabinoid and opioid systems
    Abstract from Life Sci 1999; 65(6-7):687-94. (related items...)
  • Time course for the induction and maintenance of tolerance to Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol in mice
    Abstract from Drug Alcohol Depend 2000 Aug 1;60(2):113-9. (related items...)
• Heroin Information Home Page (homepage, more info)
  "We hope this compilation of scientific information on heroin will help to inform readers about the harmful effects of heroin abuse and addiction and will assist in prevention and treatment efforts."
• HPPD Page (homepage, more info)
  Hallucinogen Persisting Perceptual Disorder
• Ibogaine Dossier (homepage, more info)
  "Contains a wealth of information on ibogaine and its in vivo and in vitro actions, original articles of acclaimed ibogaine researchers, and information on experimental ibogaine treatment."
  • Ibogaine, een oplossing voor het verslavingsprobleem?
    Literature review in Dutch by Bert Peppelman (related items...)
  • Opinions and Commentary on Ibogaine
    Links to many articles. (related items...)
  • Pharmacodynamics and Therapeutic Applications of Iboga and Ibogaine; The Bwiti: Gabonese initiation society; Ibogaine in Psychotherapy and for Controlling Narcotic Dependency
    Long and informative article by Robert Goutarel (related items...)
  • The Use of Psychedelics in Dutch Psychiatry 1950-1970.
    by Stephen Snelders (related items...)
• MAPS (homepage, more info)
  Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
  • Ketamine Research in Russia
    Ketamine Psychedelic Therapy in the treatment of alcoholism and heroin addiction (related items...)
• Marijuana Anonymous (homepage, more info)
  A support group for those who want to stop abusing Cannabis
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (homepage, more info)
  Section of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) that funds drug and addiction-related research.
• OASAS (homepage, more info)
  New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
• SAMHSA (homepage, more info)
  US Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
  • 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (related items...)
• Victorian Substance Abuse (homepage, more info)
  Information about drugs commonly used in Victorian England
• Wackycrackheads (homepage, more info)
  Web comic with crackcentric humor

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