NIDA TV Spotlight on Dr. Robert Rock, the Role of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Treating HIV

NIDA TV Spotlight on Dr. Robert Rock, The Role of Synthetic Cannabinoids in treating HIV – NIDA TV interview with University of Minnesota Medical Center, Dr. Robert Rock as he presents a summary of his discussion, “Basic Science Evidence Supporting…

How America Learned to Love Whiskey

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But debates like that one—and even the drug-decriminalization movement today—had their origins long before the 20th century, in battles like the Whiskey Rebellion. At the time, it was the …. During the Civil War, according to a study by the …
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An Epidemic of Pain in India

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According to Bhatnagar, the institute is one of very few hospitals in the country that stores and prescribes opioid drugs for treating chronic pain in terminally ill cancer and AIDS patients, and the only one in Delhi to do so. “Now there is no … M …
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Testing new inmates for HIV may be unnecessary

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In July 2013, the state passed a bill requiring all prisoners to be tested for HIV at entry, every four years during incarceration, and at release. The National Institute of Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health funded this research. Source …
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