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Trust First Step in Connecting Street Community With Health Service

Trust first step in connecting street community with health service

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

The centre will be one of two health 'hubs' where drug addicts will be able to not only pick up supplies, but have a conversation with an outreach worker about health-related services. Groups will… Continue reading →

New E-Cigarette Store Faces Resistances From West End Business Owners

New E-Cigarette Store Faces Resistances from West End Business Owners

Filed under: drug addiction newsletter

The device is currently in a legal grey area, since it is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and is not regulated because its not considered a tobacco product. Mullins … "For the… Continue reading →

How 'Homeland' Undercuts Real Women in Government – Kathleen J. McInnis …

How 'Homeland' Undercuts Real Women in Government – Kathleen J. McInnis …

Filed under: drug addiction newsweek

Howard Gordon, commenting to Newsweek about how they approached developing their heroine, said, "Who's a character no one believes, like Chicken Little?' And because the CIA has been a boys' club for such… Continue reading →

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

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

Filed under: drug addiction news blog

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… Continue reading →

Source: Red Sox Met Monday With Josh Hamilton

Source: Red Sox met Monday with Josh Hamilton

Filed under: drug addiction news blog

Hamilton, 31, has averaged 33 homers and 107 RBI over the past three seasons, but demand for him is unpredictable because of his history of alcohol and drug addiction. Hamilton would provide the Red Sox with… Continue reading →

Trius: The Winner in the War Against MRSA

Trius: The Winner In The War Against MRSA

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

Trius is currently developing tedizolid also for the treatment of gram-positive infections including acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and several other infectious syndromes such as, community-acquired bacterial pneumonia …
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Diabetes and Social Media: Helping Patients or Drug Companies?

Diabetes and Social Media: Helping Patients or Drug Companies?

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

For people living with diabetes — about 26 million Americans — online communities have provided a place to share experiences and treatment information. Drug companies have taken notice and are reaching out directly to patients… Continue reading →

Indy Wrestler Incorrectly Reported as Dead Issues Statement

Indy wrestler incorrectly reported as dead issues statement

Filed under: drug addiction news blog

I traveled the country and the world and met good people and bad people, witnessed the damage that drug and alcohol addiction can do to professional athletes and sadly watched the passing of many young men… Continue reading →

Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin, Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll …

Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin, Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll …

Filed under: drug addiction newsweek

E Street Radio caters to a longstanding American addiction ("Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist," as the Boss himself says), and it does so with this nation's… Continue reading →

Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

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The waiting list for the Bureau of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program, which allows successful participants to get up to a year off their sentences, is long— 51,000 inmates long, according to… Continue reading →