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W.Va. House leader plans to push tax hikes on alcohol, tobacco to fund drug …
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Last week, Tomblin's Advisory Council on Substance Abuse called for the creation of two additional drug abuse treatment facilities, aimed at helping some 150,000 addicts. In winning re-election last fall, Tomblin vowed to resist any increase in taxes.
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Weeding Through Marijuana Facts and Fiction
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The only authorized source of marijuana for research is grown at the University of Mississippi and is controlled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which favors studying potential risks rather than benefits of cannabis. Cannabis' illegal status …
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Smoking cessation drugs market
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Tobacco dependence (nicotine addiction) begins when nicotine acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) to release neurotransmitters such as dopamine, glutamate and GABA (?-aminobutyric acid). Cessation of smoking leads to symptoms of nicotine …
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Prescription Drug Abuse 'Epidemic' Explored at Summit
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… school officials, the Washington County District Attorney's Office, Washington County Coroner Tim Warco and drug treatment specialists and others converged at Canon-McMillan High School Thursday: To tell students there that prescription drug abuse …
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