Queensland Researchers Work Towards Better Treatment of Drug Addiction

Queensland researchers work towards better treatment of drug addiction

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Professor Hall and Professor Louisa Degenhardt from the Burnet Institute, Melbourne, were involved in a recent study published in the Lancet that estimated 155–250 million people used an illicit drug worldwide in 2008. These comprised about 129–191 …
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Two-drug combination helps combat cocaine addiction

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

The US National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated that in 2008, 1.9 million US citizens had used cocaine within the previous month. Approximately one-quarter of all drug-related emergency room visits were linked to cocaine use – amounting to 482,188 …
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Scripps Research Institute Scientists Show Two-Drug Combination Has Potential

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated that in 2008 1.9 million Americans had used cocaine within the last month. About a quarter of all drug-related emergency room visits are linked to cocaine use—482,188 in 2008 alone. How doctors think …
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