Pain Pill Shortage Drives Fla. Drug Addicts to Heroin

Pain pill shortage drives Fla. drug addicts to heroin

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In January, a group of researchers from across the country met in New Mexico at the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Community Epidemiology Work Group conference and swapped frighteningly similar stories about the increased use of heroin.
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How to Regulate, and How Not To

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Mark A.R. Kleiman is a professor of public policy at U.C.L.A. and a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Justice. He is advising … If the legal price is too low, there will be increased drug abuse and perhaps exports across state lines …
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ADHD in Kids Tied to Adult Obesity

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The study was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the International Outgoing Fellowship. Authors declared support from Eli Lilly, Shire Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, and Genopharm. Primary …
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Better Knowledge of Drug-Abuse Science Guides New Treatment Approaches – Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, discusses advances in the understanding of drug addiction that are hoped to lead to new …