HIV Positive? Rigondeaux's Opponent Fails Blood Test

HIV Positive? Rigondeaux's Opponent Fails Blood Test

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

Awareness of HIV status is low and, according to a 2006 study cited by UNAIDS, a large portion of injecting drug users – 35 percent according to one study – use non-sterile injecting equipment. Other research has noted an increased trend of erratic …
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S.A. pro-pot activists buzzed about legalization effort

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

In Texas, however, legalization activists face some major hurdles. For one thing, Texas is not among the 24 states that allow citizens to use the petition process to get initiatives on the state ballot. For another, the border drug trade has long made …
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Obesity presents a big challenge for governments and an opportunity for drug

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

James de Lemos of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre studied 732 adults in Dallas over seven years and found that their BMI and total body fat were not independently associated with their propensity to diabetes, but visceral belly fat …
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DA says meth use in Grady comparable to rest of Oklahoma » Local News

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

A task force agent with the DA's office, who wished to remain anonymous said restrictions on the purchase of pseudoephedrine have gone a long way to shutting down local meth labs, but the drug flow has yet to cease. "It's just too easy to get from …
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