Obama Administration Pushes Drug Courts

Published July 24, 2013

Obama Administration Pushes Drug Courts

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An unlikely bunch gathered just south of Washington, D.C., Monday at Maryland's National Harbor: White House Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, actor Matthew Perry, and former crack and heroin addicts. They were there to talk about drug courts – programs that …
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Ritalin shows promise in treating addiction

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A single dose of a commonly-prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug helps improve brain function in cocaine addiction, according to an imaging study conducted by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai …
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Smartphones and Citizen Science

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Washington, D.C. – infoZine – With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) recently developed software that provides new opportunities for Android-based smartphone users to participate in …
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