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Chelation for Heart Disease: Study Shows Promise, but Experts Are Divided

Chelation for Heart Disease: Study Shows Promise, but Experts Are Divided

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

Chelation therapy involves infusing the bloodstream with agents designed to remove heavy metals such as lead or iron from the bloodstream, and is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for… Continue reading

Roman Sakovich's 'Half' Series Shows Before and After Portraits of Drug Users

Roman Sakovich's 'Half' Series Shows Before And After Portraits Of Drug Users

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Sakovich has created split images that simultaneously portray an individual prior to and post addiction, leaving the viewer with a stark visualization of the damaging effects of drug use on our bodies.… Continue reading

Photographers Who Go Where Others Won't

Photographers who go where others won't

Filed under: drug addiction newsweek

Neither he nor Obama mentioned Mexico and the chaos there, with an estimated 50,000 deaths in the conflict related to drug wars. That gruesome situation in much of Mexico is on full display in Witness: … But Hoagland is… Continue reading

A Compounding Fracture at the FDA

A Compounding Fracture at the FDA

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The recent deadly outbreak of meningitis caused by spinal injections of a contaminated steroid has cast a spotlight on the practice of pharmacy compounding—when pharmacists mix or adapt medicines to make a specific prescribed treatment. The House and… Continue reading

OBAMA 2008:”I’LL FIX EVERYTHING-IT’S EASY” OBAMA 2011″IT’S SO BAD I NEED MORE TIME”-WHICH IS the BIGGER LIE?

Question by AntiPc-inHD: OBAMA 2008:”I’LL FIX EVERYTHING-IT’S EASY” OBAMA 2011″IT’S SO BAD I NEED MORE TIME”-WHICH IS THE BIGGER LIE?
In order to get elected in 2008 the President campaigned on how intelligent he was-and due to that he could fix everything…..fix the economy-fix secret back door meetings-fix too… Continue reading

Dare County Targets Substance-Abuse Crisis

Dare County targets substance-abuse crisis

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

In the 2005-06 school year, acting independently of the task force, Dare's school district began random drug testing of students in grades seven through 12 who were involved in extracurricular activities. Educators wanted to deter substance abuse and… Continue reading

Report: Substance Abuse Takes Toll on Alaska Economy

Report: Substance abuse takes toll on Alaska economy

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

According to a report by economic researchers from McDowell Group, drug and alcohol abuse cost the state of Alaska an estimated $ 1.2 billion in 2010. The study was funded by the Advisory Board on Alcoholism… Continue reading

Program That Helps Moms Stay Clean and Sober Recognized

Program that helps moms stay clean and sober recognized

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Sheffield was inspired to do something to help when she found that in 2005, 114 drug-positive babies were born in Marion County and taken into protective custody. Since the beginning of … I wrote… Continue reading