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NIDA's drug abuse information for teens goes mobile
To reach adults with limited literacy skills, NIDA's Easy-to-Read website now includes Spanish-language versions of its Drug Facts pages; its What is Addiction? section; as well as two easy to understand videos explaining the science behind drug addiction.
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COMMENTARY: DEA is stopping drug flow
Facts: Loosening laws and going down the dangerous path toward decriminalization will lead to increased drug use, violence, crime, motorists driving on drugs and many other ripple effects related to drug abuse. The societal costs of drug abuse and …
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21 members of Arizona National Guard indicted
The articles documented a systemic patchwork of criminal and unethical conduct that included sexual abuse, embezzlement, drug-dealing, fraternization, cronyism and failure to discipline. The newspaper findings were corroborated in May by a Pentagon …
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The Partnership at Drugfree.org Hosts Facebook Chat with Dr. Nora Volkow …
Dr. Volkow joined the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health as Director in May 2003. NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. Dr. Volkow's work has been instrumental …
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Service to America Medal Finalists: The Top Public Servants in the Sciences
As director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for the past decade, Volkow has used findings from cutting-edge research to promote the study and development of more effective intervention strategies to prevent and treat drug abuse and …
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Heroin overdose deaths surpass cocaine fatalities in Milwaukee County
Lisa said she wonders what the odds are of someone beating a heroin addiction. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that about 23% of people who use heroin become dependent on it. Experts agree the best chance of ending addiction comes …
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Police Chief's drug abuse campaign
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a Division of the National Institutes of Health, reported the U. of Michigan results. Most teenagers, the Institute claims, get the pills free from a friend or a relative. In the past, when relatives or friends …
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Editorial — Rebuilding Shattered Lives
According to statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 23 million Americans (one out of 10 people above age 12) suffers from a dependency to alcohol and/or drugs. To expand the statistics further, approximately 7.5 million (10 …
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NIH study sheds light on how to reset the addicted brain
The study, published in Nature, was conducted by scientists at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of California, San Francisco. “This exciting …
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Abcam boosts drug addiction research
Abcam Biochemicals will provide the FFN compounds to its customers to support both fundamental and applied neurobiological research, including neurodegeneration and drug addiction. The FFNs licenced by Abcam are first-of-a-kind small molecules that …
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Abcam boosts drug addiction research
Abcam Biochemicals will provide the FFN compounds to its customers to support both fundamental and applied neurobiological research, including neurodegeneration and drug addiction. The FFNs licenced by Abcam are first-of-a-kind small molecules that …
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NIH study sheds light on how to reset the addicted brain
The study, published in Nature, was conducted by scientists at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of California, San Francisco. “This exciting …
Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)

Public Invited to Free UAMS Drug Symposium
Little Rock, AR – The public is invited to hear about the latest drug addiction research, treatment and policy at an April 15 symposium at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) featuring a national leader in drug addiction science and …
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VINCENT MET MANY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADIES WHILE IN JAPAN.

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For reasons we can only imagine, history did not report much about Vincent Van Gogh’s addiction to alcohol, especially absinthe, and upon his arrival in Yokohama, Vincent tasted sake for the first time. He was pleased by the way it made him feel, according to letters he wrote Theo.

Vincent also mentioned how lovely the Japanese women were and how they seemed to be attracted to him and his paintings. Vincent did many portraits of the women he met in the red-lantern district. Some of these days, it is possible some of these portraits might surface.

Alcohol Research Center Battles Addiction with Science
The University of Connecticut Alcohol Research Center achieved a milestone recently when the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism renewed the center's funding for another five years. Founded in 1978, the …
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PAUL Gascoigne has replaced his life-threatening addiction to alcohol with a …
PAUL Gascoigne has replaced his life-threatening addiction to alcohol with a new obsession — SWEETS. The Rangers legend, 45, has packed his cupboards with goodies including lollies and Easter eggs since returning to Britain from a month in a US rehab …
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When Should Families Abandon Addicted Relatives?
SSArt98 April 02, 2013 17:37 Never understood why I was labeled as an "enabler" for my ex's alcohol addiction. I also tried my best to get her to slow down or stop. All it got me was 18 stitches in my head & seizures after she attacked me in a blackout.
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