Hello hello. This is the inaugural post of the New Year! I fervently hope that 2023 will be a year characterized by greater fairness, improved health, and heightened peace for…
Alex Gorovoy
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Harm reduction for weed use
Let’s continue discussing harm reduction. In our previous conversation, we touched upon opioids, and today we will shift focus to a psychoactive substance, that is still widely perceived as harmless.…
Harm reduction for opioid use
Harm reduction for opioid use is a serious and difficult topic that I just can’t get past. I’ll start with a personal, not very common opinion regarding harm reduction. It…
Harm reduction vs Abstinence. What is better?
I often see this question on the web, so I will try to answer it as accurately as possible. Although, as with all complex questions, there is unlikely to be…
Addiction predisposition
As with many complex things that surround us and at the same time are part of us, it is difficult to divide predispositions into groups, and definitely say something about…
Synopsis of Drug Withdrawal
Starting a conversation about addictions, it is impossible not to mention a condition that is both a marker of addiction and a substrate for its development. Below I will not…
Addiction syndrome in a nutshell
Many have heard about the addiction syndrome, but what does it mean, and how do modern science and practical medicine describe it? I’ll try to put it in simple words.…
Our Reward System and Addiction
This is the first post on my blog! There is so much to say, but it would be better to start with some basic things that will be useful to…