Cecil officials debate merits of lobbying for Kent County rehab facility funding
Cecil officials debate merits of lobbying for Kent County rehab facility funding
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With the recent startling reports about Cecil County's substance abuse issues – the county had the highest overdose rate per capita in the state from 2008 to 2011 – some county leaders suggest that reopening the Whitsitt Center's East Wing should be …
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FDA and NIH Create First-of-Kind Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science
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Using designated funds from the FDA, TCORS will be coordinated by the NIH's Office of Disease Prevention, directed by David M. Murray, PhD, and administered by three NIH institutes – the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse …
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Latest Emergency Medicine Research Highlights Substance Abuse, Obesity …
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The session will be moderated by Deborah Diercks, MD, FACEP and panelists for this event will include Judd Hollander, MD, FACEP, William Mallon, MD, FACEP and Scott Weingart, MD, FACEP. Obtain credentials (and the latest daily news about the conference …
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Possible Treatment For Marijuana Abuse Found
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"Any drug of abuse has to do with dopamine," said study researcher Robert Schwarcz, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland, in College Park. "We found out few years ago that kynurenic acid controls dopamine. All we had to do was put …
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