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Panel Addresses Prescription Drug Abuse in Rockland County

Panel Addresses Prescription Drug Abuse in Rockland County

Filed under: drug abuse symptoms

He was part of a panel discussing the thread of prescription drug abuse in Rockland County Wednesday night in Orangetown Town Hall along. Other speakers included Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agents in Charge Chris Roberts and …
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Biotie Announces Start of Clinical Study With Nepicastat (SYN117) in Cocaine

Filed under: drug abuse symptoms

NIH Awards $40 Million in Grants to Reduce Stroke Disparities in the US

NIH awards million in grants to reduce stroke disparities in the US

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Together the centers are expected to receive $ 40 million in funding over five years, contingent on the availability of funds from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health. Compared …
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HAYDEN: Money may hold up criminal code reform

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Judge's Arrest Shines Light on Utah's Prescription Drug Abuse Problem

Judge's arrest shines light on Utah's prescription drug abuse problem

Filed under: drug addiction treatment

Michael Crookston, medical director of the Dayspring treatment programs for chemical dependence at LDS Hospital, said OxyContin abuse has decreased in recent years because drug manufacturers have built safeguards in to the pills to prevent addicts from …
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Cory Monteith In Rehab: 'Glee' Star Enters Treatment For Substance Abuse

Filed under: drug addiction treatment

Don't Cut DrugAbuse Research, Experts Tell Hill Staffers

Don't Cut DrugAbuse Research, Experts Tell Hill Staffers

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Congress must continue to support National Institutes of Health (NIH) research efforts to improve effective treatments, ease dissemination, and use technology to help military personnel and their families deal with substance abuse in the aftermath of …
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Addiction-Related Issues to Be Focus Of Special NIDA Track

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

NIH Researchers Identify Pathway That May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction

NIH Researchers Identify Pathway That May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction

Filed under: bethesda alcohol and drug treatment program

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2013. A study by researchers at the National … The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health, is the primary U.S. agency for conducting and supporting …
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Two wounded warriors, one place to heal in gym

Filed under: bethesda alcohol and drug treatment program

Man Accused of Pushing Homeless Woman Out Window

Man Accused of Pushing Homeless Woman Out Window

Filed under: Chicago Drug Addiction Help

Daniel Neasom is charged in the 2011 murder of a homeless and drug-addicted prostitute, allegedly pushed to her death from a third-story window. (Chicago Police Department). COOK COUNTRY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — Almost two years after Cynthia …
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Why the brain map matters

Filed under: Chicago Drug Addiction Help

Consider those with Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, Parkinson's, dementia, mental illness or drug addiction. We grope to help them because we understand so little about what Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of Health, calls the “most …
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