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Study: ADHD Medicines Help Curb Criminal Behavior

Study: ADHD medicines help curb criminal behavior

Filed under: Drug Abuse Houston

"It's well known that individuals with ADHD have much higher rates of criminality and drug abuse than people without ADHD," but the effect of treatment on this is not well known, Lichtenstein said. Using Swedish national registers, researchers… Continue reading

Travis County Judge Lays Down the Law: No Reading in Court.

Travis County judge lays down the law: No reading in court.

Filed under: drug treatment programs in texas

Would it be OK if I were studying the Texas penal code? Would a biography on Thurgood Marshall suffice? Irritated, I close my book and fume. As I'm leaving the courtroom a… Continue reading

Actelion Submits the Registration Dossier for Macitentan (Opsumit) to the

Actelion submits the registration dossier for macitentan (Opsumit) to the

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

ALLSCHWIL/BASEL, SWITZERLAND – 22 November 2012 – Actelion (SIX: ATLN) today announced that the submission of the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for macitentan (Opsumit®) for the treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension… Continue reading

Houston Astros: Getting Better in a Hurry?

Houston Astros: Getting Better In A Hurry?

Filed under: Drug Use Houston

… top pick in 2008, high school shortstop Tim Beckham, fell off Baseball America's list of the top 100 prospects after the 2010 season and hit a mere .256/.325/.361 at Triple-A in 2012, a season shortened by a… Continue reading

Feds Accuse Suspect in Hinesburg Methamphetamine Case

Feds accuse suspect in Hinesburg methamphetamine case

Filed under: Texas Drug Addiction

Vermont State Police and Hinesburg police respond the morning of Oct. 24 to begin cleanup work at 1896 Texas Hill Road in Hinesburg, where a man suffered burns from a suspected meth lab the day before. / EMILY… Continue reading

2 Indiana Lawmakers Consider Pot Decriminalization

2 Indiana lawmakers consider pot decriminalization

Filed under: Houston Drug Abuse

Beth Baker, executive director of the Healthy Communities Initiative, said she came around to the idea of relaxing marijuana laws while working on preventing substance abuse by young people. "From my own experience working in the prevention field, we… Continue reading

Just Look at the US Israel Relationship Now

Just Look at the US Israel Relationship Now

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Houston

In the last 30 days, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Israeli focussed ultrasound treatment for bone cancer patients. The FDA also gave clearance to an Israeli system for treating patients with degenerative disc… Continue reading

Whitney Houston Tributes: Late Singer to Be the Subject of Numerous

Whitney Houston Tributes: Late Singer To Be The Subject of Numerous

Filed under: Houston Drug Treatment Help

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: (FILES): This 23 February 2000 file photo shows US pop diva Whitney Houston performing at the 42d Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Houston has checked into a… Continue reading

How to Deal With a Depressed Sister?

Question by Sam: How to deal with a depressed sister?
My sister is 6 years older then me and she is extremely depressed. I have always helped her by spending the night at her house or talking on the phone for several hours at a time but, I am… Continue reading

SD Tribe, County Cracking Down on Methamphetamine

SD tribe, county cracking down on methamphetamine

Filed under: Houston Drug Abuse

The tribe passed a meth code that tightens penalties for use of the drug on Indian land, and tribal employees are being drug-tested more aggressively than in the past. The Charles Mix County State's Attorney's office has indicted… Continue reading