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Exclusive: US System for Flagging Hazardous Chemicals Is Widely Flawed

Exclusive: US system for flagging hazardous chemicals is widely flawed

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Under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, private and public facilities must issue an inventory listing potentially hazardous chemicals stored on their properties. The inventory, known as a Tier … However, the company …
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Addiction Treatment Helpline Opens Its Doors at a New Office in Boston

Addiction Treatment Helpline Opens Its Doors at a New Office in Boston

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The Addiction Treatment Helpline is pleased to announce the opening of its newest office located at 8 Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, Massachusetts. The Addiction Treatment Helpline currently serves the New England and Upper Atlantic states with a …
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Event opens eyes on abuse of pain killers

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Early Screening and Detection Play Key Roles in Combating Prostate Cancer

Early screening and detection play key roles in combating prostate cancer

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This wouldn't be a problem, except the treatments for prostate cancer — from surgery to remove the prostate, to radiation to destroy the tumor with radioactive waves — have potential side effects ranging from erectile dysfunction, urinary …
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Vivus pins Qsymia hopes on J&J vet after Zook steps down

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Study Provides Demographic Portrait of State's Mental Health Workers

Study provides demographic portrait of state's mental health workers

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The state operates three psychiatric hospitals, three alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers, three centers for people with intellectual and development disabilities, two residential programs for children and three neuro-medical treatment centers …
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Drug center operators face bribery charges

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ASHEVILLE — A federal complaint alleges operators of a drug and alcohol treatment center took bribes from Western North Carolina parolees in exchange for letting them to submit substitute urine samples. The conspiracy allowed criminals to use illegal …
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Students, Stimulants, and Campus Crackdowns

Students, Stimulants, and Campus Crackdowns

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"I've never sold them, but have given them away." That's a problem. Schools are having a hard time keeping up with the demand and the expense for treatment and diagnosis. They're concerned about medical liability, so many are taking up new policies. Dr …
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Experts say more focus needed on adult ADHD

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War on Drugs Failure Gives Way to Treatment in States, Cities

War On Drugs Failure Gives Way To Treatment In States, Cities

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"As someone who has been in this now for 25 years, and thought that change was glacial, never mind incremental, what has happened recently is extraordinary," said Howard Josepher, the founder of Exponents, a 25-year-old drug-abuse treatment program …
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Why the drugs are winning

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