ND Surgeon Acquitted of Drugging, Raping His Wife
ND surgeon acquitted of drugging, raping his wife
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Defense attorneys said she made up the rape allegations to help her in a looming divorce and child custody case, fearing she wouldn't get the children because of an alleged addiction to prescription drugs and mental health issues. The Associated Press …
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Gilead to Pay $510 Million for YM BioSciences to Expand Cancer Portfolio
Gilead to Pay 0 Million for YM BioSciences to Expand Cancer Portfolio
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The treatment, known as CYT387, is the same class of drug as Jakafi, a treatment marketed by Incyte Pharmaceuticals (INCY) and Novartis AG (NOVN). Jakafi was the first drug approved by the FDA in 2011 to specifically treat myelofibrosis. The drug is on …
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Brooke Mueller Checks Back Into Rehab for Adderall Addiction, Marking Her 19th …
Brooke Mueller checks back into rehab for Adderall addiction, marking her 19th …
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The troubled ex-wife of Charlie Sheen checked back into rehab Monday night to seek treatment for an addiction to Adderall, a psycho-stimulant drug commonly used for attention deficit disorder (ADD), according to TMZ. This would be the whopping 19th …
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Addiction as a Prison
Addiction as a Prison
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From Ainslie's Behavioral Economics of Will in Recovery From Addiction, “The rewards from drug use are immediate and the adverse consequences tend to be delayed; were the reverse true… it is unlikely there would be problem drug use.” Drug addicts …
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Methamphetamine: Asia's Favourite High
Methamphetamine: Asia's favourite high
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“For example, 1.2 mt of crystal meth seized in 2011 compared with just 48kg seized in 2007 and arrests and drug treatment demand related to crystal meth are on the rise. Crystal meth typically retails on the street for Bt2,500-3,000 per gram, although …
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Teva Focuses on Central Nervous System, Respiratory Drugs
Teva Focuses on Central Nervous System, Respiratory Drugs
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Teva Focuses on Central Nervous System, Respiratory Drugs. By David Wainer on December 12, 2012. Tweet; Facebook; LinkedIn; Google Plus; Comments · Email · Print … in the next few years,” Judson Clark, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. who has a buy …
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