“Bath Salts” Show Promise as PTSD Treatment, Researchers Say

“Bath salts” show promise as PTSD treatment, researchers say

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The Drug Enforcement Agency is proposing to list methylone, one of the designer drugs known as “bath salts,” as a Schedule I drug – that is, a substance with a high potential for abuse and no known medical use. But some researchers object, saying the …
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'Batman: The Animated Series': Tube Talk Gold

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… and oft-mocked Mr Freeze into a tragic figure, 'Mad as a Hatter' – a moving tale of loneliness and obsession, and 'It's Never Too Late', which is almost entirely absent of comic book trappings and explores social issues including poverty and drug …
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Pot Becomes Legal at Midnight, But It Can Still Cost You… Read This Before

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RogerRoff.jpg. UW's Roger Roffman urged parents to have a frank conversation with their kids about marijuana usage and recommended educational booklets from the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Drug Policy Alliance.
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Bob Costas: 'I Stand by What I Said'

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In this case, just thirty-six hours after the shootings, not enough was known about Belcher's background to assume that this could be attributed to head trauma, drug abuse etc., so the best I could do there was to say as I did that in the days ahead …
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