News tagged with opiate drugs
Year-long opiate substitution for drug misusers has 85 percent chance of cutting deaths
Giving people opiate substitution treatment to help with their drug addiction can lead to a 85% plus chance of reducing mortality, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Drug addicts get hooked via prescriptions, keep using 'to feel like a better person,' research shows
If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Unlocking the opium poppy's biggest secret (w/ Video)
Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, thus opening doors to alternate methods of producing these effective painkillers ...
Mar 14, 2010 |
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Researchers find heroin, cocaine top drug treatment admissions in King County; prescription-type opiates cause most deat
A community workgroup led by UW research scientist Caleb Banta-Green, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, unveiled today the King County 2008 annual drug trends report. Heroin and cocaine led the list of county drug treatment ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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UN reports decline in cultivation of some drugs
(AP) -- In its annual report on world drug use, the United Nations concludes that global markets for cocaine, opiates and marijuana are holding steady or in decline.
Jun 24, 2009 |
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