Topic: Drug Addiction
AP News | 2010-02-12 17:51:00
<div id="subtitle">After leaving Congress, Rep. Patrick Kennedy plans to help people recover from substance abuse</div><div><p>Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he wants to help people with substance abuse problems after he leaves Congress next year.</p><p>The Rhode Island Democrat said Friday in ...
Getty Images | 2010-02-02 15:26:18
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 02: Matin speaks about his heroin addiction in the destroyed former Russian Cultural Center, a notorious drug den on February 02, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. As poppy production in Afghanistan is still high, opium and heroin are ...
AP News | 2010-01-18 04:28:23
<div id="subtitle">Despite beefed-up countermeasures, illegal drug use persists in US prisons</div><div><p>Richard Pillajo, a wellness education officer at a Florida state prison, strayed beyond his job description, according to investigators who arrested him last year. He allegedly planned to smuggle cocaine, marijuana and hydrocodone pills to inmates ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-01-11 12:03:39
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prolonged exposure to cocaine can cause permanent changes in the way genes are switched on and off in the brain, a finding that may lead to more effective treatments for many kinds of addiction, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.</p><p>A study in mice by Ian ...
