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After Rumours Of Battling Drug Addiction, Yo Yo Honey Singh Joins The Brigade Against Substance Abus

June 30, 2020 By AforegDoner

After Rumours Of Battling Drug Addiction, Yo Yo Honey Singh Joins The Brigade Against Substance Abus

After rumours of battling drug addiction, Yo Yo Honey Singh joins the brigade against substance abuse
After batling rumours about his alleged drug abuse, Yo Yo Honey Singh has now decided to fight the issue of substance abuse by supporting Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan’s GM Against Drug campaign. It is somewhat like an ALS Ice Bucket challenge minus the ice bucket of course. In this drug campaign, Yo Yo has talked about how he has been nominated by Gurdas Maan to spread awareness against substance abuse and as a part of the campaign he has nominated Mika Singh and Jazzy B to take the campaign forward.

We are glad to see that the desi rapper who is mostly known for his flamboyant lifestyle, naughty lyrics and foot-tapping numbers is now dedicated to a noble cause like the anti-drug campaign.

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Nora Volkow On Mental Illness & Drug Addiction #AMIquebec

June 29, 2020 By AforegDoner

Nora Volkow On Mental Illness & Drug Addiction #AMIquebec

Nora Volkow, the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in the United States, joined AMI-Quebec to speak on Mental Illness & Drug Addiction: Common Developmental Risks & Brain Pathways.

This event took place at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada in September 2017 as part of AMI’s annual Low-Beer Memorial Lecture. There is a Q&A session at the end:

0:00 Mental illness leads to higher risk of drug addiction and vice versa.

2:00 Medically and scientifically, we should not treat and study mental illness & drug addiction separately.

5:00 Studying addiction as a disease of the brain.

8:20 Addiction is frequently co-expressed with mental illness.

9:35 Addiction involves multiple factors.

15:00 What do we know about the genetics of drug abuse and mental illness?

19:30 Adolescence is the period of greater vulnerability for drug abuse & addiction.

21:30 Age of onset of brain disorders.

23:00 Prefrontal cortex (cognitive control) regulates limbic activation (emotions & desires) and impulsivity.

24:50 Social & emotional deprivation increases risk for substance use disorders and mental illness.

27:30 Early drug use can modify brain development.

29:35 Bi-directional association between mental illness & substance use disorders.

33:50 Brain MAO is reduced by 30-40% in smokers.

39:50 Can exposure to drugs trigger a mental illness?

43:00 Drugs modify brain chemistry and function.

46:55 Chronic drug use changes the brain, decreases levels of DA D2 receptors.

48:50 Depression is associated with reduced ventral prefrontal activity.

51:45 Drug use and addiction can be prevented.

54:10 Drug use can be treated.

55:20 Controlled behavior vs. automatic behavior in non-addicted vs. addicted brain.

1:00:00 Summary

Q&A

1:03:30 How do 12-Step Programs like Alcoholics Anonymous help stop drug abuse?

1:05:50 Religious aspects of 12-Step Programs for addiction?

1:07:45 Does brain return to normal after addiction?

1:11:05 Genetic & environment paths to addiction for kids from high-risk environments/families.

1:14:10 Dual diagnosis integrated treatments for mental illness & substance abuse patients?

1:17:10 Intervention teams from hospitals going into communities?

1:18:40 Antipsychotic medications effects on dual-diagnosis substance abuse patients?

1:20:00 State funded heroin clinics?

1:22:20 Meditation for increasing Dopamine receptors?

1:24:40 Self-medicating and negative reinforcement?

AMI-Quebec is a grassroots organization that helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy.

Established in Montreal, Canada in 1977, we offer a wide range of services including workshops, support groups, individual counselling, a library of books and DVDs, a website of online resources, and recently we’ve added podcasts and YouTube videos. Most of our services are free.

If you would like more information about AMI, give us a call at 514-486-1448 or reach us anytime at