US Drug Policies: Lessons From Prohibition
US Drug Policies: Lessons from Prohibition
Filed under: drug treatment news 2011
“Addictive and bad for my health” comes to mind. So what is an addiction? It is “a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance”. Persistent? People do them “persistently” because they generate pleasure or satisfaction. For me, writing …
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GHSU preps for Provenge cancer treatment clinical trial
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The company opened a 155,000 square plant in Union City in Augist 2011 to make Provenge. The trial, led by GHSU Cancer Center Director Samir N. Khleif, is the first in the country to investigate prostate cancer treatment combining Provenge with two …
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Nearly 30000 boxes of pseudoephedrine sold in 10 months
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Twenty-three percent of the 243 people in St. Joseph County who sought treatment for drug addiction indicated meth as their primary substance of abuse. Statewide, meth was cited by just 1.3 percent of the 51,137 people who received substance-abuse …
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Express Scripts Publishes Inaugural Drug Trend Quarterly, Provides First …
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-The Express Scripts Prescription Price Index shows that since September 2011, price inflation for the most highly utilized brand-name medications was more than six times greater than overall economic price inflation for consumer goods. -The price gap …
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