Planetary EcologistFeb 17, 2024

Evolutionary models of human drug use (Evolution 🧬)

Evolutionary models of drug use seek to explain human drug usage from the perspective of evolutionary fitness. Plants for instance, may provide fitness benefits by relieving pain. Proponents of this model of drug use suggest that the consumption of pharmacological substan...

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Evolutionary models of human drug use - Wikipedia

bs2Feb 13, 2024
> .. with both alcohol and opium, the critical factor is not their chemical composition but their social history, that is to say the length, duration and historical circumstances of a population’s exposure to the substance. When alcohol fell on ‘virgin soil’, as ‘smoking opium’ did in China and Southeast Asia, it too could have devastating consequences, as it did among Native Americans and indigenous Australians.
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Queer Lit CatsJun 20, 2023
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'Take Care Of Maya' Shows How a Mother's Love Can Be Used Against Her

Beata Kowalski ended her life after she was accused of Munchausen by proxy. Now, her family's story is the subject of a Netflix documentary.

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Queer Lit CatsJun 7, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Teen Accuses Hospital of 'Medical Kidnapping' After Her Mom Died By Suicide https://jezebel.com/teen-accuses-hospital-of-medical-kidnapping-after-her-m-1850514270 #Jezebel #complexregionalpainsyndrome #thetribecafilmfestival #anthonykirkpatrick #psychoactivedrugs #mayakowalski #osteopathies #organsystems #johnhopkins #ketamine #netflix #beata #drugs #pain #body #jack
Teen Accuses Hospital of 'Medical Kidnapping' After Her Mom Died By Suicide

Maya Kowalski's mother was falsely accused of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, wherein an attention-seeking caregiver imagines symptoms or makes them worse.

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AutisticMumTo3Apr 29, 2023
Seven psychoactive drugs detected in Australian wastewater for the first time | Drugs | The Guardian
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/30/seven-psychoactive-drugs-detected-in-australian-wastewater-for-the-first-time
Seven psychoactive drugs detected in Australian wastewater for the first time

Drugs have previously been detected in other research but wastewater results suggest increasing consumption

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Queer Lit CatsFeb 24, 2023
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'Cocaine Bear' Desperately Wants to Be 'Jaws' on Land

Elizabeth Banks' absurdly gory movie is funnier in concept than execution. But what a concept it has.

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Glenn H Shepard JrFeb 3, 2023

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From Our Pages: “Agony and Ecstasy in the Amazon”: on snuff, ayahuasca, shamans, and manhood in the rainforest. By Glenn H. Shepard, Jr.

Presenting a popular feature from our print issue 2.1, “Bedeviled”: We invite you to go deep into the Amazon and dig into the snuff pots with intrepid ethnobotanist and ethnographer Glenn H. Shepard…

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