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  'Rusting' Also Describes How Methamphetamine Harms The Body

  September 27, 2007 — A pharmacology professor who left the lab bench to focus on science education has developed a tactic for keeping students hands in the air at the end of class. "What does get students' attention?" ... > full story
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  How Dirty Is Your Money?

  September 13, 2007 — Drug dealers found with bank notes contaminated with unusually high levels of drugs are now less likely to get away with their crimes. The research finds that geographical location has absolutely no ... > full story
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  Cocaine Use Related To Level Of Education Achieved

  August 29, 2007 — The decreased use of cocaine in the United States over the last 20 years mostly occurred among the highly educated, while cocaine use among non-high school graduates remained ... > full story
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  Sewage Tells Tales About Community-Wide Drug Abuse

  August 21, 2007 — Public health officials may soon be able to flush out more accurate estimates on illegal drug use in communities across the country thanks to a new screening test. The test doesn't screen people ... > full story
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  What Is The Link Between Racial Discrimination And Substance Use?

  August 20, 2007 — In one of the first studies to focus on the relationship between racial discrimination and health risk behaviors, researchers found African-Americans experiencing racial discrimination were more ... > full story
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  Cannabis May Help Alleviate Allergic Skin Disease

  August 16, 2007 — Administering a substance found in the cannabis plant can help the body's natural protective system alleviate an allergic skin disease (allergic contact dermatitis), an international group of ... > full story
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  How Does Children's Mental Health Relate To Problems With Alcohol, Nicotine And Illegal Drugs?

  August 15, 2007 — Research seeks to examine links between children's mental health problems and alcohol, nicotine and illegal drug use over ... > full story
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  Meth Exposure In Young Adults Leads To Long-Term Behavioral Consequences

  August 14, 2007 — Methamphetamine exposure in young adults may lead to long-term behavioral consequences later in life. The new work examines the idea that methamphetamine puts young users at risk of developing ... > full story
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  New Treatment Effective In Counteracting Cocaine-Induced Symptoms

  August 13, 2007 — Researchers have discovered a treatment that counteracts the effects of cocaine on the human cardiovascular system, including lowering the elevated heart rate and blood pressure often found in ... > full story
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  Not All 'Drug-Related Deaths' Are 'Drug-Related'

  August 8, 2007 — UK estimates of "drug-related deaths" include mortalities of drug abusers and nondrug abusers. So these figures may not be the best way of monitoring the performance of Drug and Alcohol Action ... > full story

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