A Sharp Problem

A Sharp Problem

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

-336 people were admitted for treatment for methamphetamine use in Santa Cruz County in 2010/2011, according to the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. This figure was 775 in 2006/2007; decreased funding for treatment may have …
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Hospital outbreaks in Ontario of dangerous new superbug raise worrisome spectre

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

And NDM-1 positive bacteria become resistant to colistin over time, Simor says. Perhaps more upsetting is the fact that the gene responsible for making the enzyme is promiscuous — it is able to move from one bacteria to another, conferring on each a …
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Growing Pains

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

“We did expect to see an increase (once the casinos opened),” said Clemens of calls to the gambling addiction hotline, “but it was definitely a larger increase than we expected.” In October 2011, 120 calls came into Ohio's gambling hotline, a phone …
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