People With Low Risk for Cocaine Dependence Have Differently Shaped Brain

People With Low Risk for Cocaine Dependence Have Differently Shaped Brain

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The Cambridge researchers suggest that this abnormal increase in grey matter volume, which they believe predates drug use, might reflect resilience to the effects of cocaine, and even possibly helps these recreational cocaine users to exert self …
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Woman Gives Birth to Fourth DrugAddicted Baby

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Shelby Court Drug Court Counselor Katherine McMullen says she got an email about the woman this morning, a woman who police say has given birth to four drug addicted babies since 2007, the last one on December 8th. At delivery, they say Hardin's baby …
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Parents convicted of manslaughter after toddler drinks methadone

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Parents convicted of manslaughter after toddler drinks methadone. Heroin substitute was left in … Dent regularly sold some of her methadone to other drug addicts to make extra money and was struggling to kick her addiction, the court was told …
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Cloverleaf levy would fund police in schools

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Currently, one deputy, who serves as the D.A.R.E resource officer and is funded by a Medina County Drug Abuse Commission grant, covers all three schools in the system, the Cloverleaf Board of Education noted Friday. In the wake of the Sandy Hook school …
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