Gambling-Addiction Calls Shoot Up

Gambling-addiction calls shoot up

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Laura Clemens, head of government affairs and gambling addiction issues for the Ohio Casino Control Commission, said at the panel's meeting yesterday that the calls most often come from people suffering serious personal, family and financial problems …
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Pregnant drug users need treatment, rehab for two

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Even though Dawn stopped using opioids – Oxy-Contin was her drug of choice – and started methadone treatment about three years ago, there is a risk her baby could go through drug withdrawal when he's born in four months. Babies born to mothers who …
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Catalyst Pharma: Cocaine-Addiction Drug Candidate Didn't Meet Primary Endpoint

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By Melodie Warner. Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. (CPRX) said its potential cocaine addiction treatment, CPP-109, didn't meet the primary endpoint of a Phase II(b) study. Shares dropped 62% to 55 cents premarket as the pharmaceutical company …
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