Link: http://addictionscience.net/ASNdiscussion.html
Some commentaries that receive sufficient interest to merit revision will be reissued as a succinct statement that incorporates highlights from the subsequent discussion and/or follow-up commentaries (i.e., highlights of related commentaries). These new summaries are designed to summarize the main discussion in a simple, concise manner. The Keep It Simple Stupid approach is affectionately referred to as the "KISS version" and will include a trackback to the original commentary or commentaries and any relevant discussion for those who would like to read the full version or retrace the original discussion(s). The KISS versions are provided as a convenience to those who don't wish to read through the entire original posting(s) and subsequent replies that generated the proverbial 'bottom line.' This should be especially useful for the 'speed surfers' who peruse a lot of material, very quickly on the Internet and help viewers to determine which commentaries merit slowing down to ponder the discussion. Some commentaries that address interrelated topics (often interspersed with unrelated commentaries) will be consolidated into a single KISS version as will select commentaries that have later podcasts appended.
Criteria for generating a KISS version include:
Perhaps this KISS announcement will merit a KISS itself.
Link: http://AddictionScience.net
This update lists new material on the Addiction Science Network (ASNet) website including the ASNet Discussion Forum. Beginning with “Theories of Addiction,” podcasts will be available only as downloads for playing on your mp3 player. We thank Podomatic.com for providing storage for the earlier streaming audios which remain available from their website. Click on the links below for direct feed to the new material.
New commentaries added to the ASNet Discussion Forum:
Addiction is an Equal Opportunity Affliction
Why marijuana is unlikely to ever be approved for medicinal use in the United States
There’s No Excuse for Overdose Deaths from Opioid-Based Medications
New presentations available from the ASNet Podcast Channel:
A Primer on Psychopharmacology (part-3): CSA/DEA drug regulations & “medicinal” marijuana
A Primer on Psychopharmacology (part-4): LMA, dopamine, mood & affect
A Primer on Psychopharmacology (part-5): tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal reactions
A Primer on Psychopharmacology (part-8: importance of conditioning effects)
Theories of Addiction (part-1: introduction & overview) [download only]
This concludes update ASNet12J10.