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A new finding add more evidences that moderate consumption of alcohol may increase amphetamine abuse.
With this findings, the authors of the study try to educate adolescents and young adults, even moderate drinking of alcohol could lead them to drug abuse such as amphetamine.
Published on December 14, 2010 of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, the authors of the study reported, “The moderate drinkers worked for significantly more capsules that contained the high dose of d-amphetamine than did the light drinkers.”
The senior investigators of the study, Craig R. Rush, PhD, from the Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky in Lexington, and colleagues assessed the reinforcing effects of d-amphetamine in 17 light alcohol drinkers (,7 alcoholic beverages per week) and 16 moderate drinkers (=7 alcoholic beverages per week).
By using a modified progressive-ratio-procedure (a sensitive measure of drug reinforcement in humans), the investigators found that both the low and high d-amphetamine doses functioned as a “reinforcer” in the moderate drinkers, whereas only the high dose did so in the light drinkers.
With this result, the findings suggest that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may make an individual more vulnerable to the effects of stimulants such as amphetamine.
Due to this, the researchers said that future research is needed to elucidate the behavioral and neuropharmacological mechanisms involved in alcohol consumption and stimulant abuse.
Currently, the team is designing prospective studies to replicate these findings.
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