Media Advisory: Head of Canada’s National Addictions Agency Is Reporting on Global Achievements to the UN Commission …

Published March 18, 2011

Media Advisory: Head of Canada’s National Addictions Agency Is Reporting on Global Achievements to the UN Commission …
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 03/18/11) – Michel Perron, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) and Chair of the Vienna Non-Governmental Organization Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) , is providing a progress report to the 54th United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on NGO recommendations concerning the Political Declaration and Plan of Action …
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New Targeted Drug Helps Smokers Stub It Out
Researchers working in a research project within the Academy of Finland’s Research Programme on Substance Use and Addictions have been developing a targeted drug that could aid in smoking reduction therapy. The new drug slows down the metabolism of nicotine, which would help smokers to cut down their smoking. Nicotine is absorbed rapidly through the lining of the mouth but most readily through …
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