~~~~~~ CD ALERT ~ Week of November 8th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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T O P S T O R Y________________________________________

Abnormal brain activity in prefrontal brain regions in abstinent marijuana
users.

Marijuana users display persistent metabolic alterations in brain regions
responsible for executive cognitive functioning and they may recruit alternative
networks to compensate for this, possibly leading to maladaptive behaviors.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15528091
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B O O K N E W S_________________________________________

Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception
by Abraham J. Twerski

Case studies that reveal irrational and contradictory patterns of addictive
thinking.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568381387/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

Abnormal brain activity in prefrontal brain regions in abstinent marijuana
users.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15528091

Sex differences in the vulnerability to drug abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15527861

Are clinical impressions of adolescent substance use accurate?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15520086

A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Modafinil for Cocaine Dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15525998

Violence, sex and profanity in films
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15520625

Cannabis (marijuana) contamination of United States and foreign paper currency.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15516293

Prediction of mortality at age 40 in Danish males at high and low risk for
alcoholism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15521834

Effects of alcohol on food and energy intake in human subjects
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15527566
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