Heroin Addicts Bored by Not Scoring Drugs

Published March 13, 2013

Heroin addicts bored by not scoring drugs

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Once drug addicts end up admitted into a heroin clinic they receive twice-daily prescription doses of state-funded heroin, the Fyens Stiftstidende reported. Mette Guul, head of Reden Odense, a YWCA center for abused women and prostitutes in Aarhus …
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Cocaine addiction studied through brain activity

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All people from all social classes and ethnicities are vulnerable to the ubiquitous presence of drug addiction. Yet research into a cure … “The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that is primarily implicated in making decisions and thus plays …
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Parents of prescription overdose victims plead with legislators

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Using CURES to target doctors who abuse their prescribing powers is a controversial step that has been discussed for years. … The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and many medical experts, however, recommend that states use such …
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