Coalition Calls the HB170 Signing an Historic Event
Coalition calls the HB170 signing an historic event
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State Representative Dr. Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) said House Bill 170 expands access to the drug Naloxone. According to information about HB 170 released from Johnson's office, “Naloxone, otherwise known by its commercial name Narcan, reverses the …
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From Waterboarding to "Water Curing": Guantanamo Detainee First To Legally …
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Abuse allegedly continues even after force-feeding sessions are over: The drugs prison officials are giving detainees for nausea in the aftermath of the sessions can produce extreme neurological effects such as tardive dyskinesia, a disorder resulting …
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Government approves medical marijuana research
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Researchers, marijuana advocates and some members of Congress have accused the National Institute on Drug Abuse of hoarding the nation's only sanctioned research pot for studies aimed at highlighting the drug's ill effects. They had pointed to Sisley's …
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Doctors' involvement needed to combat pills/heroin crisis
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No one can dispute the far-reaching effects of prescription drug abuse in Pennsylvania and its lethal path to heroin addiction. Overdose deaths in this region and in the state are being reported at an alarming rate, and law enforcement officials are …
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Palmer Drug Abuse Program Overview – To learn more about the Giving Library, visit www.givinglibrary.org. The mission of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program (PDAP) is to be the most effective preventi…