Meth Inside Out: Brain & Behavior – Triggers

Meth Inside Out: Brain & Behavior – Triggers – BRAIN & BEHAVIOR equips viewers with an understanding of how meth changes the brain and, consequently, behavior. 3D animations, accessible explanations, and personal accounts help viewers understand complex scientific concepts. Users learn how to better cope with the stages of meth addiction and recovery by gaining an understanding of the biological underpinnings of the high, tolerance, craving, paranoia, aggression, anhedonia, and healing. Chapter 7: Triggers Creates awareness of how our brains automatically connect the people, places, and things around us with the pleasure of the high; defines external and internal triggers.

Experts discuss drug abuse effect on kids

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Hinds County, Miss., Youth Court Judge William Skinner II says he's seen the effects drugs – especially crystal meth – have on children. He says 50 percent of kids in households where the parents were addicted to crystal meth tested positive for a …
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Meth labs: newest danger in the back country

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"Bath salts" in particular was more potent than meth, had most of the same dangers and side effects, and had been available at many convenience stores and gas stations. There had been seven deaths in Anderson County alone from these, Miller said, and …
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St. Charles County meth lab incidents jump despite pseudoephedrine …

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Across St. Charles County there have been 147 meth lab incidents between January of this year and Sept. 1, compared to 111 during the same period a year ago. St. Charles County's new prescription requirement went into effect on Aug. 30 of last year.
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