Devil's Basil: true stories from the UAE about the perils of drugs
The surveys also found that 200,000 people die every year from drugs-related causes. The booklet narrowed addiction down to four stages, starting with the love of experience. Next comes acceptance of drug use, followed by regular abuse and then …
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Why Mentally Ill People Should Have Access to E-Cigarettes
The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors reported in 2012 that people receiving public mental health services who have both an addiction and a mental illness die, on average, nearly 32 years earlier than others. Smoking is a …
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Subdued Alspaugh appears in court
A taser fires an electrical current, disrupting control of muscles, causing incapacitation. When Alspaugh was capable of walking … Without commenting specifically on Alspaugh, Kramer said drug abuse is too often a factor. Alspaugh was previously …
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FDA Oks new therapy to prevent hemophilia bleeding
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first hemophilia B treatment designed to decrease frequency of injections to prevent the excessive bleeding the clotting disorder causes. The medicine, Alprolix (all-PRO'licks), is …
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