Study Shows Gene Changes in Brain Caused by Cocaine
…“This finding is opening up our understanding about how repeated drug use modifies in long-lasting ways the function of neurons,” said Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Read more…
AddicTIon Treatment in China Means Physical Abuse, Forced Labor
Drug users forced into addiction rehabilitation by the Chinese government face years of physical abuse and forced labor but get no actual treatment… Read more…
About Lisa Frederiksen
Lisa Frederiksen has been consulting, researching, writing and speaking on substance abuse, addiction, treatment, dual diagnosis, underage drinking and help for the family centered around 21st century brain and addiction-related research since 2003. Her 4o+ years experience with family and friends’ alcohol abuse and alcoholism and her seventh and eighth books, "Loved One In Treatment? Now What!" and "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," frame her work. She founded BreakingTheCycles.com in 2008 and writes a blog of the same name.
