Is Medical Marijuana Safe for Children?

Is medical marijuana safe for children?

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

But the same is true for other medications used to fight pain and nausea that are currently given to children with cancer, as well as for powerful antipsychotic drugs that are used in long term treatment of childhood mental illnesses. Opioid drugs like …
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US lays out plan for achieving worldwide AIDS-free generation

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

WASHINGTON | Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:16pm EST … Clinton, announcing the next stage of the decade-long U.S. fight against AIDS around the world, said advances in drug treatment and prevention strategies had brought the end of the epidemic within reach.
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'Zombie drugs'

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According to official statistics, a significant minority of people living with dementia are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These are used to treat behavioural and psychological symptoms. The 2012 National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit …
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