We now know that chronic substance use—of both alcohol and drugs—actually changes the chemistry and structure of the brain. That sounds serious, and it is, but there are some positives and some ...

The CDC just launched a campaign, “Free Mind,” to teach youth about the connections between substance use and mental health. Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, director of the CDC's National Center for Injury ...

What can octopuses on MDMA teach us about sociability? That’s what neuroscientist and psychedelics researcher Gül Dölen wanted to find out. The creatures are antisocial with a brain structure very ...

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, which produced the iconic “this is your brain on drugs” commercials of the 1980s and ‘90s, has renamed itself as the Partnership at Drugfree.org, the ...

If you're old enough, you may remember the classic anti-drug PSA, "This is Your Brain On Drugs" from the 80s. The ad, sponsored by Drug-Free America, featured a man picking up and egg and saying, ...

Editor: I remember back a few decades when the frying egg commercial was on TV to discourage people from frying their brains on drugs. “This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.” We were led to ...

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