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Vaping: Emerging harms health systems can’t ignore, How vaping product producers are preying upon your children with enticing marketing strategies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 16, 2026 Source:Vaping: Emerging harms health systems can’t ignore
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What is the evidence that GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro might help treat addiction?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 9, 2026 Source:What to know about how GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro might fight addiction Reference:Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study
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As nicotine pouches’ popularity soars, they’re also responsible for more poisonings in young kids, study finds
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 16, 2025 Source:As nicotine pouches’ popularity soars, they’re also responsible for more poisonings in young kids, study finds
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Why more Canadians are landing in emergency departments with cannabis-induced vomiting
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 18, 2025 Source:Why more Canadians are landing in emergency departments with cannabis-induced vomiting Reference:Changes in Emergency Department Visits for Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome Following Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Subsequent Commercialization in Ontario, Canada
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Are antidepressants addictive? There is a difference between dependence and addiction. Experts weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 3, 2025 Source:Are antidepressants addictive? Experts weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments
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The Columbian president muses that cocaine is ‘no worse than whiskey.” Trying to rank harms from drug use as if some are better or equivocal is not the argument to use.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 11, 2025 Source:Cocaine is ‘no worse than whiskey,’ Colombian president says
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What is a ‘dopamine detox’?: A definition of an action to counter addiction and addictive behaviour by any other name based on our brain’s reward systems.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 23, 2025 Source:What is a ‘dopamine detox,’ and is it possible to achieve in our world?
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Knowing the average life expectancy decline with cigarette smoking, what time is lost off your life if you break it down to per cigarette use? There are caveats.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 6, 2025 Source:A single cigarette slashes 20 minutes off your life expectancy, U.K. research suggests Reference:The price of a cigarette: 20 minutes of life?
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The effects of high-potency cannabis on DNA expression as it pertains to several illnesses including the development of psychoses is discussed in this study.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 27, 2024 Source:High-potency cannabis use leaves a distinct mark on DNA Reference: Methylomic signature of current cannabis use in two first-episode psychosis cohorts