Teens use drugs to enhance sex
9/5/2008 |
Teenagers and young adults across Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies.
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Alcohol's effect on the brain
30/4/2008 |
Results from the first human brain imaging study of alcohol’s effect on the response of neuronal circuits to threatening stimuli have just been published.
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Anti-addiction meds up suicide risk
24/4/2008 |
Drugs hailed as miracle pills to help people quit smoking, lose weight and kick other tough addictions may actually raise the risk of depression and suicide.
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SA rehabs to be closely monitored
14/4/2008 |
For the first time South Africa is heading for international quality assessment and accreditation of alcohol and substance-abuse treatment programmes.
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Scientists on drugs - survey
10/4/2008 |
Twenty percent of scientists admit to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, according to a survey by a top science journal.
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Treatment for cocaine addiction?
7/4/2008 |
New research in monkeys suggests the feasibility of treating cocaine addiction with a “replacement” drug that mimics the effects of cocaine, but has less potential for abuse.
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Tough laws crack down on tik
1/4/2008 |
Legislation to have pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the manufacturing of the drug "tik" or methamphetamine, reclassified, is in the pipeline, the Democratic Alliance reported.
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New ladies vodka - docs worried
18/3/2008 |
"Ladies" vodka worries doctors who fear a fresh wave of female alcoholics in a country already suffering one of the world's worst drink problems.
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Addiction may be a brain disease
10/3/2008 |
Dr Gabor Mate sees ghosts. They're not the paranormal kind; rather they are regular people afflicted by a condition that Mate says originates in the brain: addiction.
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Parents to administer drug tests
6/3/2008 |
In a move which may one day be considered in South Africa, authorities in Milan have decided to offer parents of teenagers free kits to test their children for drugs.
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