Positive Drug Use the 'Great Unmentionable'

Published December 29, 2012

Positive drug use the 'great unmentionable'

Filed under: effects of drug addiction

Government policy was failing because it did not factor in the positives of drug use and only focused on problematic drug use, he said. "If people derive pleasure from drug use then possibly it can have a positive impact on their lives," he said. But …
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Addiction: Recovering addicts reach out to others

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"It's a way of coping that has some side effects." Addictions can run the gamut from gambling, shopping and overeating, to alcohol and drug abuse. Three recovering addicts share their stories of addiction and recovery here in their own words, in the …
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Drug Tests in Humans for Methamphetamine Addiction

Filed under: effects of drug addiction

Funding for the project was awarded to UAMS and InterveXion from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Additional support was given by the UAMS Translational Research Institute. NIDA has backed the development, manufacture and toxicology …
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