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Treating Addicts With Medicine, Respect

Treating addicts with medicine, respect

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Of course, in reality, drugs change the brain. And no single approach to detoxification will work for all addicts. There is certainly no research to back up the effectiveness of ending health insurance coverage for low-income patients' methadone …
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Libya's "Growing" Drugs/HIV Problem

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Doctors at Benghazi's Al Irada drug addiction clinic, the only treatment centre of its kind in the country, say some of the most common addictions they have to treat are for Tramadol, a painkiller that stimulates the release of serotonin and can cause …
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Carl Sagan, Marijuana Advocate, Explains What It's Like to Be High While Carl

Carl Sagan, Marijuana Advocate, Explains What It's Like To Be High While Carl

Filed under: drug addiction help in maine

For that reason he wrote that "the illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous …
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In Focus: Caffeinated food has FDA buzzing

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Gomers — What's Going Wrong

Gomers — What's going wrong

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BAD DRUG ON THE RISE: Heroin abuse among young adults in the Cedar Rapids area has increased substantially in the past couple of years, according to police and substance abuse treatment officials. Jon Jelinek lost his 23-year-old son to a heroin …
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Patterson maintains TCU QB job is two-horse race

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Democrats Oppose LePage Budget Cuts to Prescription Drug Aid, Hospital Payments

Democrats oppose LePage budget cuts to prescription drug aid, hospital payments

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Democrats also opposed scaling back another drug assistance program for seniors, the Medicare Savings Program, which is available to seniors who receive Medicare but also qualify for some Medicaid benefits. The opposition to scaling back the program …
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Prince William supervisors set to vote on budget

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Russell on Marijuana Legalization: 'The Train Is Coming'

Russell on marijuana legalization: 'The train is coming'

Filed under: drug addiction help in maine

"Incarcerating people for non-violent drug offenses is incredibly costly — about $ 13 million per year in Maine alone—and the cost in ruined lives and traumatized families cannot even be estimated. Regulating and taxing marijuana solves a lot of …
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Understanding addiction, helping others

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Idaho Faces Big Impacts if Sequester Goes Into Effect

Idaho faces big impacts if sequester goes into effect

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

About $ 340,000 in grants to help prevent and treat substance abuse, resulting in around 400 fewer admissions to substance abuse programs. — About $ 41,000 for health departments in the state, resulting in about 1,000 fewer HIV tests. — About $ 33,000 …
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Machias drug forum focuses on Down East drug abuse trends, concerns

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