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Ritalin May Lower Cocaine Abuse

... were less likely than untreated children to abuse illicit drugs later on. They found that rats given methylphenidate (Ritalin) appeared to have an aversion to cocaine in adulthood, compared with untreated rats....

Problematic Use of smallpox vaccine

...ioterrorism experts fear that criminals could have illicit supplies of smallpox virus that could be used as a weapon of mass destruction. All the factors should be taken into account, including the benefits of a mass immunization campaign, eliminating the threat of smallpox as a bioterrorist weapon, and the...

Sharing injection equipment spreads Hepatitis C

...ared cookers--containers used to dissolve and heat illicit drugs including heroin and cocaine--were four time...ore than 60% of new HCV cases to people who inject illicit drugs. HCV causes deterioration of the liver, or cirrhosis, in about 20% of people with chronic infe...

Suicide risk high in 12-17 Age Group

...also found that youngsters who had used alcohol or illicit drugs during the year were much more likely to have had suicidal thoughts....

Skipped heartbeats should not be ignored

...on - unless they have had an electric shock or use illicit drugs. Heart disease and heart deformities, on the other hand, can lead to sustained arrhythmia, and these can even be fatal. They may lead to shortness of breath, lightheadedness, chest pain or fainting. If you develop any such symptoms,consult the ...

Role of wives of Alcoholics

...ey also were found to more likely to smoke and use illicit drugs. On the other hand, the study determined women married to alcoholics are no more likely than other women to have other major psychiatric disorders and did not report a higher rate of alcohol abuse themselves. Marc Schuckit and colleagues from ...

A new way out for heroin addicts

...les of individuals in the first group were free of illicit drugs including heroin. The incidence of criminal activity was also reduced among those patients given the drug compared to those given the placebo. The lead researcher of the study concluded that the strategy of delivering buprenorphine in combinat...

Illegal Drug Use In England Mounting Up At An Alarming Rate

The trend towards illicit use of drugs is on the rise in England, accounting...re interviewed and over 1/ 3rd of them admitted to illicit drug use at some time during their lives. Alarmingly, 16% of the patients reported use of illegal dr...

Condom Vending Machines Provoke Protests

...DS campaign, the Government could end up promoting illicit sex, which will lead to a permissive culture that could boomerang on its anti-AIDS effort itself". But the Government is determined to go ahead with its moves to control spread of the disease. Studies in Thailand have shown a 100% decrease in new in...

More Drug Addicts In Scotland Seek Treatment

...entage of heroin users is falling. About 8% of the illicit drug users took cocaine. Out of the 348 people who used crack cocaine, as many as 106 people belonged to the Grampian NHS health board area, while Greater Glasgow accounted for 42, and Lothian another 93. The ranks of the unemployed accounted for 84%...

Drug Use On The Decline Among US Youth

...said. While there was no substantive change in any illicit drug use between 2004 and 2005, analysis of the su...led an almost 19% decline in past month use of any illicit drug by Class 8, 10, and 12 students between 2001 and 2005. This trend is driven largely by decrea...

Queensland Bans OTC Sales Of Cold And Flu Drugs

...nes is necessary to help combat the manufacture of illicit drugs in Queensland," Mr Robertson said. “The continued diversion of medicines containing pseudoephedrine for use as a precursor to manufacture methamphetamine is an issue of grave concern for health regulators and law enforcement agencies." Under th...

CMHA Calls For Better Trained Police For Dealing With The Mentally Ill

...ly due to the tasers, but more due to the usage of illicit drugs by the suspects. The autopsy which is yet to be completed is expected to shed more light on the incident. The police are yet to confirm that the taser was really used, even though they admit that there was a struggle when the officers tried t...

Rhode Island legalizes use and possession of Marijuana

...s for marijuana was not informed and would lead to illicit cultivation and the bill violates federal law which does not legalize marijuana usage....

Children Of Alcoholics Tend to Become Drug Abusers In Adulthood

...ays that parental alcoholism is directly linked to illicit drug well into adulthood. It is generally known that children of alcoholics (COA's) suffer because of their parent's abusive habits, but this is the first time that a correlation has been established between alcohol abuse in parents and drug abuse in...

Opposition: Government turned a deaf ear to warnings about dwindling health care services

...o continue, whether the person returns or takes up illicit substance abuse....

Using Herbal Products Heightens Substance Abuse Risk in Teens

...ng with herbal products may be more open to trying illicit drugs." The study, which is to be published in the March 23 in the Journal of Adolescent Health quizzed teens at Monroe County high school if "herbal or other natural products, either to make you feel better, or to help you perform better at sports o...

Project Stop to Block the Misuse of Cold and Flu Drugs

...g to help protect the community from the blight of illicit drugs. The trail was previously conducted in Queensland and it was a great success. The project named as Project Stop would be effective and believes that it is only a matter of time before the Federal Government makes the system mandatory for all...

Stone Refuses the Disclosure of the Report in Public

...s. It also said that Stone was taking cocktails of illicit drugs on top of haloperidol-type depot injections designed to calm him. Mr Justice Collins said that confidential medical details can be disclosed to the public if only to ensure that in the future those whose cooperation is essential will not be det...

Melatonin Can Help Nighttime Workers Sleep

...ipants refrained from alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, illicit substances and prescription and non-prescription medications for three weeks prior to the start of the study. They were studied in sound-proof suites free of time clues. Participants were first studied for three days and nights in the lab on their tr...

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