Posts Tagged ‘Drugs’

Internet addiction changes teen brain like drugs, study shows
Filed under: addiction treatment

"Recent studies have shown that physical or pharmacological treatments may improve white matter integrity," the authors state. Internet addiction is a fairly new and loose name for a set of symptoms that include using the Internet for many hours at a …
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Alcohol-dependent Americans more likely to seek treatment than South Koreans
Filed under: addiction treatment

However, the human process of addiction is much more complex than dopamine release in the reward pathways of the brain or the binding occupancy of the endogenous opiate receptors. Cross-cultural studies like this one reveal that we should also …
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WASTED YOUTH UPDATE: PART 2: Prescription drugs fueling heroin epidemic
Filed under: heroin addiction treatment

The findings in two recent federal studies – that heroin addiction has a firm grip on Eastern Massachusetts – come as no surprise to police and drug treatment professionals working in the greater Brockton and Taunton region. …
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Is Ireland failing its heroin addicts?
Filed under: heroin addiction treatment

Luke says that his experience at the very front line of emergency medicine has caused him to now think more deeply about the manner in which heroin addicts are treated in Ireland. “I am a sinner serving other sinners. We have had a broadly liberal …
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Club Drugs; A Good Time Or A Death Sentence?
Filed under: methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms

Withdrawal from meth can cause severe depression, which occasionally ends in suicide. Ephedrine is a naturally occurring stimulant with effects similar to that of methamphetamine. Often called natural ecstasy and used by many rave goers. …
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63000 yaba pills seized
Filed under: methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms

Methamphetamine, the key component of yaba, is highly addictive and causes withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, insomnia, confusion, tremors, convulsions, anxiety, paranoia, and aggressiveness. WARNING: Any unauthorised use or reproduction of …
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Drugs, alcohol fuel child abuse and neglect in Kentucky
Filed under: drug abuse and addiction

Kentucky cabinet officials told legislators in December that providing treatment and services for drug-addicted parents was its most pressing funding need, but three years of declining state revenue have meant no new money to expand substance abuse …
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Central Ohio Community Fights Prescription Drug Abuse
Filed under: drug abuse and addiction

Gray patrols the streets, but said that drug users and abusers will find a way to get a hold of the drugs. "A lot of people don't understand addiction," Gray said. "They don't understand the problems associated with addiction. …
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Possible Major Meth Op Pollutes Communities With Concentrated Drugs
Filed under: crystal meth street value

There Sheriff's deputies discovered a pound of Crystal-Meth with a street value closing in on $ 200000. Crystal Meth is far more pure, powerful and concentrated than the powdered meth found in most local labs. Sheriff Reid says meth busts in South …
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Local man arrested in major meth bust
Filed under: crystal meth street value

Investigators found two pounds of crystal methamphetamines, cash, and a medicine bottle containing white tablets believed to be Xanax. The street value of the methamphetamines is estimated to be over $ 250000.00. Hargrove is charged with possession of a …
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ADHD Drugs Don't Raise Risk of Heart Problems: Study
Filed under: amphetamine long term effects

"While these results are reassuring, additional studies of the long-term safety of these medications may be warranted," said Fonarow, a professor of cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. In November, a study published in the New …
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Dr. John: How meth affects your body
Filed under: amphetamine long term effects

Long-term use can also lead to permanent brain changes that can affect how well someone continues to think and lead to psychotic behaviors, aggressiveness, memory problems and motor coordination issues that can also be permanent. …
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Do You Suffer From Migraines? Heal Yourself Without Drugs..
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Get rid of expired prescription drugs the right way
Limtiaco said that from Oct. 23 to 31, the CNMI will also participate in the Red Ribbon Campaign, the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the US The campaign commemorates DEA special agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena who died in 1985 while doing …
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Red Ribbon Week focuses on drug-abuse prevention
… invites businesses, schools, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and the people of the communities on the Peninsula to participate in the annual celebration of Red Ribbon Week, the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. …
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Tags: expired, Right, Drugs, prescription

Apodaca: Find opportunities to talk with your kids about drugs
If stories about other youths or celebrities with drug problems are made public, parents can use the news as an opportunity for a family discussion. And parents must remember that kids are still kids — impulsive, hypersensitive, impressionable. …
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Youth Services Bureau Celebrates 40th Anniversary
EAST HARTFORD — — What sprang out of an attempt to address drug abuse in the community in the 1970s became the town's Youth Services Bureau, which celebrated its 40th anniversary on Wednesday. East Hartford Youth Services began in 1971 originally as …
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Tags: Opportunities, about, Find, Drugs, kids

IRMS tracks course of designer 'legal high' drugs manufacture
The drugs, known by names such as 'ivory wave' and NRG-1" and sold labelled as bath salts, plant food and incense, mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as amphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy. Although these so-called 'designer drugs' can be dangerous, …
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Tests to catch the makers of dangerous 'legal high' designer drugs
The drugs, known by names such as 'ivory wave' and NRG-1" and sold labelled as bath salts, plant food and incense, mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as amphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy. Although these so-called 'designer drugs' can be dangerous, …
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Tags: manufacture, Drugs, IRMS, Course