Drug Abuse and Addiction: Marijuana's Health Effects: Memory Problems, Addiction
Marijuana's health effects: Memory problems, addiction
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THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, "hijacks and corrupts" the natural process of endocannabinoids, a key family of chemicals that help guide the brain in proper maturation, says Ruben Baler, a neuroscientist with the National Institute on Drug …
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Amy Winehouse death probe reopened
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Read more: 5 damaging myths about addiction. The Grammy award-winning artist, who had battled with alcohol and drug abuse over several years, was found dead at her north London home July 23, 2011. Amy Winehouse Foundation helps the young …
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Touring the Hall of Opium Museum, Golden Triangle, Thailand—on RodMcNeil.TV
MORE VIDEOS: www.RodMcNeil.TV From the Mae Fah Luang Foundation Website: The Golden Triangle: infamous worldwide for its poppy fields, drug smugglers, and opium warlords. Throughout the 1960s to early 1990s, the Golden Triangle supplied most of the world’s heroin. Even today, Myanmar and less so the Laos PDR produce significant amounts of opium. In 1988, HRH the Princess Mother expressed her desire to educate people on the background of opium in the Golden Triangle and elsewhere in the world. While the Doi Tung Development Project and other Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development projects helped solve the problems of drug supply, HRH recognized that the fight against drugs also needs to address drug demand. The Hall of Opium was created to help reduce demand through education. While intended for people of all ages and all nationalities, the target audience of the Hall of Opium is teens and young adults, those most susceptible to the lure of illegal drugs, to show them how opium addiction became a world-wide problem, and how drug abuse affects individuals, their families, neighborhoods, and even their country. The exhibition was designed to be fun and captivating, entertaining while providing information, what we call edutainment. Covering an area of 5600 square meters, the exhibition in the Hall of Opium is the result of almost 10 years of research. Here visitors learn about the 5000-year history of opium: how it was a drug to treat illnesses, how its use spread …
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