New Technique Enables Drug Tests via Exhaled Breath

Receptor variant influences dopamine response to alcohol
A genetic variant of a receptor in the brain’s reward circuitry plays an important role in determining whether the neurotransmitter dopamine is released in the brain following alcohol intake, according to a study led by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Dopamine is involved in transmitting the euphoria and …

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Chambersburg man sent to prison for sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl; other cases progress in Franklin County court
A Chambersburg man who pleaded guilty last month in a sexual abuse case involving a 13-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to one to two years in state prison.

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New technique enables drug tests via exhaled breath
A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet presents a new technique that makes drug testing possible through exhaled air for the first time. By examining people who had received emergency care for an amphetamine overdose, the researchers found that in all cases there were traces of amphetamine and metamphetamine in the exhaled breath.

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