Summary: A recent study published in <a href="http://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2014/12/HansonCurtinMethStudy.php%20">Drug and Alcohol Dependence </a>shows that methamphetamine users are more likely to get Parkinson’s disease than the general population. Senior author Glen Hanson, D.D.S., Ph.D., interim dean of the School of Dentistry and Dean of the Utah Addiction Center at the University of Utah, explains the reason behind the findings, and the implications for long-term use of other drugs, including prescription drugs.
