Limbic System The limbic system, the emotional and feeling brain that human beings share with mammals and primates, is the next level of conscious awareness. The primary functions of the mammalian brain are the recognition, display and comprehension of emotion, sexual stimulation and arousal, …
Health & Prosperity In a nation as prosperous and successful as the United States, people often confuse and conflate the importance of the methods, tools, and lifestyles that allow our nation to remain a democratic beacon of freedom in the Western world. The obsession …
Opioids Opioid painkillers are highly addictive and put the American population at greater risk for drug overdose and death. Since 1999, annual opioid deaths have quadrupled, from eight thousand in 1999 to over thirty-three thousand in 2016; in total, there have been over 200,000 …
Societal Suffering Our greatest challenges as humans are often the ones that we face together. The collective burden that we bare in times of difficulty forces our society to address the struggle of many so that we may confront aspects of our own suffering …
Opioid Epidemic Opioids function by reducing the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affects areas of the brain that control emotion, which diminishes the effects of painful stimuli. Opioid medications attach to opioid receptors in the brain as a way to mask …
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