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EEG deficits in chronic marijuana abusers during abstinence

During early abstinence, marijuana abusers show reduced theta and lower alpha
rhythm activity during eyes closed compared to controls. These reductions
persisted for the entire month of monitoring.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12853297
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Substance Abuse Treatment for Criminal Offenders: Evidence-Based Guide for
Practitioners
by DW Springer, AMcNeece, EM Arnold

Overview of current research useful for practitioners offering treatment to
adult or juvenile substance abuse offenders.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1557989907/top100
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EEG deficits in chronic marijuana abusers during monitored abstinence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12853297

Evolutionary mismatch, neural reward circuits, and pathological gambling.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12856479

Comparison of prefrontal cell pathology between depression and alcohol
dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12849933

Research findings on psychotherapy of addictive disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12857660

Depression and trail making test scores in a sample of cocaine abusers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12856485

Biological background knowledge and learning from drug education program.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12856812

Biological markers of cocaine addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12850771

Addiction and pain.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12857661

Detecting crack and other cocaine use with fastpatches.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12850778

Effectiveness of case management in substance abuse treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12847933

Urine drug testing for opioids, cocaine, and metabolite
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12845594

Health-related Quality of Life for Adults in Outpatient Substance Abuse
Treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12851016

Illicit drug use among Canadian University undergraduates.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12854239

Alcohol addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12850781

Research advances in the understanding and treatment of addiction.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12857662
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