AM Alert: Holiday Card Edition
AM Alert: Holiday card edition
Filed under: drug addiction news blog
HO HO HO: 2012 has not been the easiest year for the Lockyer family, what with state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and his wife Nadia separating after her drug abuse and extramarital affair became public. But that hasn't stopped the Lockyers from sending out …
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (12/14/2012)
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By contrast, the U.S. sentences many people to life without parole for nonviolent crimes, including drug offenses. John Tierney from the New York Times describes one such prisoner, Stephanie George, and looks more broadly at the severity of American …
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Titan's opioid addiction implant lands licensing deal, million upfront
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Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. will get $ 15.75 million upfront as an affiliate of life sciences venture firm Apple Tree Partners licensed its opioid addiction implant. The treatment, called Probuphine, is under review by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Mental illness intervention can help prevent suicides, mass killings (essay …
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Severe mental illness itself might not predict violence unless individuals also have alcohol or drug abuse or personality disorders. However, perpetrators of mass killings may also often suffer from mental illness and suicidal urges which could have …
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