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At Drug Science we like to cover different topics relating to drugs. These topics cover the many different ways that psychoactive substances have an impact on our culture and society.

Comparative harms assessments for cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco: Risk for psychosis, cognitive impairment, and traffic accident

Petter Grahl Johnstad

Jul 25, 20222 min

DSPL

Comparative harms assessments for cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco: Risk for psychosis, cognitive impairment, and traffic accident

Author Petter Grahl Johnstad Published July 25, 2022 Abstract Researchers have associated cannabis use with risk for psychosis, cognitive...

Tiago Vasconcelos

May 24, 20225 min

MPWG

Ketamine for Alcohol Use Disorder

Written by Tiago Vasconcelos. A review of the recent paper – ‘Adjunctive Ketamine With Relapse Prevention–Based Psychological Therapy in...

Drug Science

Feb 23, 20211 min

Science

David Nutt on Alcohol as a Drug

David Nutt – Deep Dive into Alcohol Alcohol is among the most harmful of all recreational drugs, and yet it is the most widely used in...

Alcohol hangover: The health impact with a historic and Chinese perspective

Professor David Nutt

Feb 27, 20201 min

DSPL

Alcohol hangover: The health impact with a historic and Chinese perspective

Hangovers represent a major source of distress to the individual and a huge source of economic loss to society. Hangovers and their...

Dr Shanna Marrinan

Dec 23, 20197 min

Cannabis

THC vs Alcohol Impaired Driving

By Dr. Shanna Marrinan Since the 2nd of March 2015, it has been illegal to drive with predetermined amounts of particular drugs...

De-mythologizing and re-branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of choice

S Apo Aporosa

Sep 19, 20191 min

DSPL

De-mythologizing and re-branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of choice

Authors: S Apo Aporosa Published: September 19, 2019 What seemed impossible 50 years ago is today becoming a reality as ‘soft drugs’ such...