Almost 50% of young people between the ages of 14 and 18 have ever been drunk. According to the ESTUDES survey, in many cases getting drunk is the goal in itself when going out on the weekend. Many of them are not aware of the effect that alcohol has on their body ...
Do you want to know if someone has spilled drugs in your glass or in the cup of coffee that you are about to drink? The DrinkSavvy company has just developed a technology that, incorporated into the material with which the glasses are made, undergoes a visible color change when it detects a drug in its content.
The same neurons that control appetite are also related to the search for novelty and the attraction to drugs, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Until now, scientists have studied the brain's reward circuits thinking that, in patients with obesity and diabetes, food has the same effects as the abuse of drugs such as cocaine. However, the latest study, conducted by researchers at Yale University, seems to indicate otherwise.
Brain scans of people under the influence of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," have provided scientists with the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work at the brain level. The findings are published this week in two scientific journals.
A team of researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Melbourne has found that addictive drugs like cocaine or heroin activate the same nerve cells and brain connections as a strong ancestral instinct: the appetite for salt.
This is what the consumption of drugs - antidepressants, cough syrups, anxiolytics, etc. - for recreational purposes is called. Fashion comes from the US and is spreading to our country, especially among the youngest.
Foods rich in calories can be as addictive as tobacco or drugs, according to a study by the Scripps Research Institute (United States) published in the online edition of the journal 'Nature Neuroscience'.
Nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, has in recent years become one of the most popular recreational drugs in clubs, discos and private parties in Europe.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.