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• Here’s why some people can’t quit cocaine (Re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): A new study from University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) sheds light on why some people fall back into drugs despite undergoing a treatment.It shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score on the so-called ’scale of craving’, an antisocial personality type and previous heroin abuse ...
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• Whats Made Milngavie Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)

  
  It Is What It Is — Authority: 129
  Alcohol and Scotland . Irvine Welsh has got it right . Ill quote him in (as far as I can tell) full: "Scotland has a growing problem with alcohol abuse. More people, younger people and more women than ever before are at risk from being encouraged to over-consume this drug. This has an incalculable impact on ...
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• Woman Tells 911 on Drunk Driver — Herself!

  
  Testing It Up Drug & Health Testing News Test Country Blog — Authority: 145
  This woman on a video featured on ABC News deserves both a commendation and a citation. A 911 dispatcher in Wisconsin received a really interesting call from a woman reporting a drunk driver. There are signs on freeways urging people to call 911 to report drunk drivers that may be sharing the road with them in ...
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• Smoke DZA – The Making Of “Substance Abuse” video

  
  MVRemix Urban — Authority: 156
  Smoke DZA – The Making Of “Substance Abuse” video Smoke DZA breaks down what inspired him to make Substance Abuse . Substance Abuse available Dec. 1st.
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• Thugs Sell Motorcycles

  
  Northwest Harley Blog — Authority: 121
  Ludacris “ When you dine with the devil, bring a long spoon. ” — Machiavelli Having a ‘thug’ like Ludacris anywhere near your marketing campaign may not be a good thing.  Yet, Harley-Davidson has decided having a pitchman who glamorizes a life of guns, violence, drugs and is disrespectful of women is ...
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• Great American Smokeout: Smokers Take a Break

  
  Testing It Up Drug & Health Testing News Test Country Blog — Authority: 145
  The efforts of the American Cancer Society to get smokers to quit continue, and one of the ways through which they attempt to do this is by organizing an annual Great American Smokeout. Basically, willing participants take a break from puffing cigarettes on this particular day of the year; this year marks the 34th ...
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• Pre-order new releases by Opposite Exhale, ESA, and EO3

  
  Tympanik Audio — Authority: 119
  Pre-ordering has begun for our final 2009 releases: ESA offers up a stunning remix collection titled ‘ The Immaculate Manipulation ‘; Netherland new-comer Opposite Exhale presents his epic debut album ‘ Nothing Lasts ‘, and finally Tympanik Audio presents its newest 2-CD compilation ‘ Emerging ...
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• Here’s why some people can’t quit cocaine

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): A new study from University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) sheds light on why some people fall back into drugs despite undergoing a treatment.It shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score on the so-called ’scale of craving’, an antisocial personality type and previous heroin abuse ...
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• Members of Aerosmith Think Steven Tyler May Have a Substance Abuse Problem

  
  Powerline A.D. — Authority: 134
  The rest of Aerosmith thinks their singer may have substance abuse problem going on . And they should know. There was a day when they were about as hardcore as they come. Drummer Joey Kramer speaks: “Steven, he isolates more and more all the time — that’s what gives it away to me that there’s something ...
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• Opioid Use Among Those with Depression

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 553
  Experts are concerned with a finding that suggests chronic pain patients with a history of depression are much more likely to receive prescriptions of opioid medications. Opioid medication include drugs such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Percodan, and Percocet. Researchers discovered chronic pain patients with a history ...
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• Harder to Detect Shake and Bake Meth a Serious Problem

  
  Testing It Up Drug & Health Testing News Test Country Blog — Authority: 145
  The traditional stove style of cooking meth is gone and now it’s been replaced by a variety that is far easier to make and harder to detect than the old method. A self-contained bottle (generally an empty 2 liter soda bottle) is filled with the ingredients and then shaken not allowing the ingredients to settle out. ...
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• Breaking the News or Fueling the Epidemic? Temporal Association between News Media Report Volume and Opioid-Related Mortality

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 155
  Breaking the News or Fueling the Epidemic? Temporal Association between News Media Report Volume and Opioid-Related Mortality Source: PLoS ONE Historical studies of news media have suggested an association between reporting and increased drug abuse. Period effects for substance use have been documented for ...
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• DRUG REHAB IN NORTH CAROLINA

  
  Narcononofga's Weblog — Authority: 130
  The Director of Narconon of Georgia has been warning about the ease with which drug paraphernalia items are purchased at convenience stores for a couple of years after she easily bought several items herself .  She later noted in a local publication: “Simple items like coke cans, spoons, light bulbs and ...
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• CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA CONCERNS WITH DRUG ABUSE

  
  Narcononofga's Weblog — Authority: 130
  Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina . Nicknamed the Queen City, it lives up to its name with a thriving downtown and numerous suburbs.  The city also boasts many colleges and universities, attracting young people from all over the country. As is the case in many college areas, where there are young ...
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• US: MA: Baystate Medical Center transferring alcohol and substance abuse programs

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/baystate_medical_center_transf.html By Jack Flynn SPRINGFIELD – Baystate Medical Center will transfer alcohol and substance abuse programs to an outside provider, a move than will eliminate more than 50 jobs. All substance abuse services currently run by ...
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• LSD as Therapy

  
  New Hampshire Public Radio — Authority: 572
  Can LSD and Ecstasy treat cluster headaches and obsessive-compulsive disorder?
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• Tobacco-Related Health Costs: $800; Booze-Related Health Costs: $165; Pot-Related Health Costs: $20 — Any Questions?

  
  NORML Blog — Authority: 548
  [ Editors note: This post is excerpted from this weeks forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory . To have NORMLs media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORMLs free e-zine here .] Health-related costs per user are eight times higher for drinkers than they are for those who use cannabis, ...
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• Regs covering mental health, substance abuse benefits to take effect soon

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 139
  It’s time for group health plans offering mental health or substance abuse benefits to examine their policies to see if they’re in compliance with laws that take effect in 2010.  The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 was passed last fall and is set to take effect for calendar years plans on ...
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• Regs covering mental health, substance abuse benefits to take effect soon

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 132
  It’s time for group health plans offering mental health or substance abuse benefits to examine their policies to see if they’re in compliance with laws that take effect in 2010.  The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 was passed last fall and is set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2010. It says ...
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• Janet Jackson Blames Michael’s Doctor for His Death

  
  Testing It Up Drug & Health Testing News Test Country Blog — Authority: 145
  It has been almost five months since Michael Jackson passed away , but the controversy surrounding his death remains unresolved. The culprit behind his untimely demise has already been ruled as a drug overdose, but the thing about drugs is that it does not find its way into someone’s body on its own – there is ...
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