War on bath salts might have worked; authorities report less activity

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Syracuse, N.Y. — This summer's stories about bizarre drug-induced incidents throughout Central New York had the feel of horror fiction: A man who held a knife to a 5-year-old's throat. A woman of unusual strength who tossed around her toddler son and …
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At Home: Control group a necessary evil for housing study (with video)

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Pappas, who has struggled with homelessness since the age of 14 and who battles both bipolar disorder and a crack addiction, is one of 500 Vancouver participants in the multi-million-dollar At Home/Chez Soi study. The study moved 300 chronically …
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Nicotine's secrets could speed up psych drugs

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For several years, Henry Lester, professor of biology at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and his colleagues have worked to understand nicotine addiction by repeatedly exposing nerve cells to the drug and studying the effects. At first …
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NC agencies not using prescription drug database

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RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A computer database that could help officials track prescription drug abuse is getting little use by North Carolina's doctors and pharmacies. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that only about one third of North Carolina's …
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