Drug use typically occurs within a social context, and social factors play an important role in
the initiation, maintenance and recovery from addictions. There is now accumulating …

Previous studies have suggested that administration of oxytocin (OT) can have modulatory
effects on social and anxiety-like behavior in mammals that may endure beyond the time of …

Alcohol (EtOH) is one of the most widely abused recreational drugs and is arguably the
most harmful. However, current treatment options for alcohol‐use disorders generally have …

Drugs that act on the brain oxytocin (OXT) system may provide a much-needed treatment
breakthrough for substance-use disorders. Targeting the brain OXT system has the potential to …

Even moderate doses of alcohol cause considerable impairment of motor coordination, an
effect that substantially involves potentiation of GABAergic activity at δ subunit-containing …

Epilepsy Action Australia conducted an Australian nationwide online survey seeking opinions
on and experiences with the use of cannabis-based products for the treatment of epilepsy. …

Mephedrone (MMC) is a relatively new recreational drug that has rapidly increased in
popularity in recent years. This study explored the characteristics of intravenous MMC self-…

Background and Purpose Cannabis has been used to treat epilepsy for millennia, with such
use validated by regulatory approval of cannabidiol (CBD) for Dravet syndrome. …

Mephedrone (4‐methylmethcathinone) is a novel recreational drug that has rapidly
increased in popularity in recent years. Users report mephedrone as having the stimulant‐like …

Despite the high prevalence of aggression across a wide range of disorders, there is a severe
lack of pharmacological treatments. Recent rodent studies have shown both centrally and …