Posted on October 7, 2008 by Adi Jaffe
From all-about-addiction.com:
A comment posted by a reader on a recent post reprimanded me for suggesting that marijuana caused relationships to go bad. While in that instance the reader was mistaken, as I had specifically used the word associated, the comment made me think that maybe I should explain the differences here. I’m a scientist [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2008 by Adi Jaffe
Genetics are making their way into every facet of research nowadays, and addiction treatment is no slouch in that area.
If you haven’t heard of pharmacogenomics yet, you are sure to soon. The idea that medications affect individuals differently based on their unique genetic makeup has picked up a lot of steam in the last few [...]
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