News tagged with drug use
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Busting drug law fears
Portugal's decision to decriminalise all drug use did not lead to dramatic increases in drug abuse or drug-related harm, a joint Australian and UK study has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2010 |
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Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture
(AP) -- The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Family life can lead to cannabis disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- One in five young people experience a cannabis use disorder, according to a UQ and Mater Hospital study published today in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Study shows family solution to teen troubles
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do you keep at-risk teens off drugs and out of trouble? According to a new University of Georgia study, family can make a difference.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Wastewater clues to illicit drug use
A new chemical analysis of sewage is revealing more detailed information than ever about drug abuse trends.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 22, 2012 |
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New study finds no cognitive impairment among ecstasy users
The drug known as ecstasy has been used by 12 million people in the United States alone and millions more worldwide. Past research has suggested that ecstasy users perform worse than nonusers on some tests of mental ability. But ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Researcher examines impact of religious beliefs on personal well-being
Hilda Schau says it's a belief in God that carried her through divorce and job loss. Urologist Manuel Padron says he regularly sees the power of faith at work in his patients.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Cocaine: Perceived as a reward by the brain?
Cocaine is one of the oldest drugs known to humans, and its abuse has become widespread since the end of the 19th century. At the same time, we know rather little about its effects on the human brain or the mechanisms that ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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Researchers Recommend Using Jails to Help, Not Punish, the Homeless
(PhysOrg.com) -- Jails could be a point of strategic intervention in helping homeless people access treatment for substance abuse and mental health problems, according to a study at the University of Arkansas.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Study: 1 in 4 female teens involved in violence
(AP) -- About one in four female teens is involved in some sort of violent behavior at school or at work, according to a government report.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Healthy families, religious involvement buffer youth against risk factors related to drug abuse
American-Indian adolescents continue to have the highest rates of illicit drug use among all ethnic groups. Although previous research has found that increasing adolescent exposure to protective factors can ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 20, 2010 |
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3 big developments make AIDS outlook more hopeful
(AP) -- In the nearly 30 years the AIDS epidemic has raged, there has never been a more hopeful day than this. Three striking developments took place Tuesday: U.N. officials said new HIV cases are dropping ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Father's incarceration associated with elevated risks of marijuana and other illegal drug use
In a recently published study in the journal Addiction, researchers from Bowling Green State University report evidence of an association between father's incarceration and substantially elevated risks for illegal drug u ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Volunteering, helping others decreases substance use in rural teens, study finds
Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 report the highest rates of substance use and dependence, according to the National Survey on Drug Use & Health. A new study from the University of Missouri found that rural adolescents ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Feds propose graphic cigarette warning labels (Update)
(AP) -- Corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs: These are some of the images the federal government plans for larger, graphic warning labels that will take up half of each cigarette package.
Nov 10, 2010 |
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