Drugs and addictions

Disorders of mood and anxiety are two of the most common mental problems in the western population today. Fortunately, there is a wide variety of methods that allow those who suffer to reduce or even...

There are a wide variety of substances in the nature with different psychoactive effects. Some of them have mainly activating effects, other depressants and others that are characterized by provoking...

The link between cocaine and alcohol consumed successively (not simultaneously), where the consumption of a substance is initiated to calm the unpleasant effects that the other substance has left,...

We currently find few studies that evaluate changes in psychological variables after a first consumption of psychedelics. This is due, among other things, to the fact that it is extremely difficult...

The functioning of the human brain is highly complex, and this implies that a wide variety of substances and chemical elements participate in it. Normally, these tiny compounds work in a coordinated...

Airborne consumption of chemicals such as glues and aerosols is relatively common among adolescents of low socioeconomic status, and can be very harmful.In this article we will see what inhaling...

A person with addiction problems, in the early stages of it, you can not see it as such. Therefore he does not realize the need to ask for guidance, containment and help. You can feel frustration,...

It has been proven for more than 100 years that the war on drugs has not reduced addictive consumption. In part, this happens because it does not emphasize what makes an addict "become"...

There are a lot of people in the world who have addiction to some kind of psychoactive substance. Continued consumption means that in the long run the body reacts by needing increasing amounts of...

Psychoactive substances are chemical substances (drugs or psychotropic drugs) of natural or synthetic origin that affect the functions of the central nervous system (CNS), that is, to the brain and...