Background Stimulant drugs are second only to cannabis as the most widely used class of
illicit drug globally, accounting for 68 million past-year consumers. Dependence on …

The prevailing view is that recreational methamphetamine use causes a broad range of
severe cognitive deficits, despite the fact that concerns have been raised about …

Drug use and drug addiction are severely stigmatised around the world. Marc Lewis does
not frame his learning model of addiction as a choice model out of concern that to do so …

I'd had many more professional successes since becoming an assistant professor at
columbia in 7999: I had been awarded a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institure …

Adaptation of the nervous system to different chemical and physiologic conditions is
important for the homeostasis of brain processes and for learning and remembering …

Development of new treatments for drug addiction will depend on high-throughput screening
in animal models. However, an addiction biomarker fit for rapid testing, and useful in both …

Methamphetamine‐associated cardiomyopathy (MACM) is an increasingly recognized
disease entity in the context of a rapidly spreading methamphetamine epidemic. MACM may …

“Chemsex” emerged in the 21st century as the gay and bisexual male practice of taking
drugs during sexual encounters in order to modulate pleasures, promote endurance, and …

Abstract MDMA (±3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine,'ecstasy') is used recreationally,
reportedly because it increases feelings of empathy, sociability, and interpersonal …

Background Amphetamine dependence is a public health problem with medical, psychiatric,
cognitive, legal and socioeconomic consequences. To date, no pharmacological treatment …