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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/major-science-report-lays-out-a-plan-to-tamp-down-opioid-crisis/ By Dina Fine Maron on July 13, 2017 When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration screens new opioid drugs it should better anticipate how people might abuse them...
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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6626a1.htm Michael A. Tynan1; Jonathan R. Polansky2; Kori Titus3; Renata Atayeva3; Stanton A. Glantz, PhD4 (View author affiliations) View suggested citation Summary What is already known about this topic? The Surgeon General...
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https://www.asam.org/quality-practice/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment ASAM Weekly Editorial Comment William Haning, MD, DFASAM, DFAPA Editor-in-Chief Demonstrates several distortions that can and do arise with the current enthusiasm for cannabis as a...
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https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3187/ShortReport-3187.html Rachel N. Lipari, Ph.D., Struther L. Van Horn, M.A., Arthur Hughes, M.S. and, Matthew Williams, Ph.D. In Brief; Combined 2012–2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data can be used...
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https://www.propublica.org/article/allende-zetas-cartel-massacre-and-the-us-dea by Ginger Thompson, ProPublica June 12, 2017 We have testimony from people who say they participated in the crime. They described some 50 trucks arriving in Allende, carrying people...
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http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/08/521954460/when-kids-struggle-with-addiction-recovery-schools-offer-needed-support July 8, 20178:05 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday RACHEL MORELLO When young people struggle through addiction or substance abuse,...
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Blue Shield Improperly Denied Mental Health, Drug Treatment Claims, Suit Alleges By Elaine Korry Blue Shield of California and its claims administrator wrongly restricted patients’ access to outpatient and residential mental health treatment, a...
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318183.php Published Friday 30 June 2017 By Tim Newman The role of the infralimbic cortex The IL is part of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, positioned toward the front of our heads. One of the ventromedial prefrontal...
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/30/world-first-trials-mdma-treat-alcohol-addiction-set-begin Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Doctors in Bristol are set to begin the world’s first clinical study into the use of MDMA to treat alcohol addiction....
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http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/2/150.full.pdf+html?sid=1c8dd5ea-1a33-4704-8b59-15cc4a8e52fa Kevin A. Hallgren, PhD, Richard K. Ries, MD, David C. Atkins, PhD, Kristin Bumgardner, BS, and Peter Roy-Byrne, MD Background: Suicide is a major public health concern,...
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http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6fff Steven E Sesnie1,5,7, Beth Tellman2, David Wrathall3, Kendra McSweeney4, Erik Nielsen5, Karina Benessaiah2, Ophelia Wang5 and Luis Rey6 Published 16 May 2017 • © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd Abstract A growing...
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/7/15925488/opioid-epidemic-deaths-2016 Updated by German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Every year for the past few years, we’ve gotten even more horrible statistics showing the harrowing impact of the opioid...