drug use

Drug, Alcohol Abuse Tied to Early-Life Strokes

Drug, alcohol abuse tied to early-life strokes

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Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, according to a U.S. study that looked at over 1,000 patients. Strokes are often thought of as a condition of the elderly, but researchers said long-term changes in …
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Test your IQ: Drug use and addiction

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Are There Programs Available for the People of Lewiston, ME Who Are Seeking Drug Treatment?

Question by jo: Are there programs available for the people of Lewiston, ME who are seeking drug treatment?
I have no idea about drug rehabs or drug treatment programs. I’m looking for a facility which offers treatment for drug users like my sister. She parties a lot and she takes a lot of club drugs. I’m worried about her health. I want to accompany her to a rehab or something to get treatment but I don’t know if there’s a rehab facility in Lewiston.

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Jailed, Disbarred Lawyer Thomas Corea Would Rather Be at Controversial Drug

Jailed, disbarred lawyer Thomas Corea would rather be at controversial drug

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In arguing against that request, Assistant District Attorney Jacob Harris suggested Texas LoneStar Victory Ranch is a “med spa” and he questioned the director, who testified by phone, about the fact that he's neither a medical doctor or a Ph.D. And in …
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Disbarred Dallas personal injury lawyer Thomas Corea to ask judge to let him

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Ecstasy Effective in Treatment of Lingering PTSD, New Study Finds

Ecstasy effective in treatment of lingering PTSD, new study finds

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

They proposed a study that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the University of Arizona's Institutional Review Board but were blocked by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and its parent agency, the Public Health Service, which …
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PHS PERSPECTIVE: The legalization of pot gets mixed reaction

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Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise

Prescription drug abuse on the rise

Filed under: effects of drug abuse

… police are trying get heroin users and dealers off the streets in an effort to stop the prescription drug thefts. “The two go together, people will use heroin and if you use heroin, you use Oxycontin to take the sick off or whatever, it has the …
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Synthetic drug use on the rise

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Parents Get the Raw Truth on Teen Drug Use: Town Hall Focuses on Alcohol

Parents get the raw truth on teen drug use: Town hall focuses on alcohol

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse

APTOS — Parents who filled the Aptos High School theater on Thursday for a town hall meeting with law enforcement officers got the raw truth when it comes to drug and alcohol use by teens. "It's out there, it's in the schools," sheriff's deputy Nick …
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Pills prove a prescription for addiction

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