Drug Addiction : How to Recognize Heroin Addiction
Drug Addiction : How to Recognize Heroin Addiction – Recognizing heroin addiction is usually fairly easy, because marks are left on the user’s arms if he uses an IV to shoot the drug into his veins. Determine i…
Locals rally against drug treatment cuts
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BLACK MOUNTAIN – A town alderman is organizing opposition against the proposed closing of a local addiction treatment center and detention centers. Alderman Carlos Showers says the state Senate's move to close the Julian F. Keith Alcohol and Drug …
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ETSU scholars get .2M for drug abuse prevention
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According to the school, a team of researchers will study whether improving communication among health care providers, pharmacists and patients can reduce the illicit use of prescription drugs. They will also study how prepared health care providers …
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Brain's 'Dark Side' as Key to Cocaine Addiction
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In experiments with rats, the TSRI researchers found signs that cocaine-induced changes in this brain system contribute to anxiety-like behavior and other unpleasant symptoms of drug withdrawal — symptoms that typically drive an addict to keep using.
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