Azerbaijan publicizes number of registered drug addicts

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Baku. Konul Kamilgizi – APA. “As of late 2012, the total number of registered drug addicts in Azerbaijan is 27910. 1878 of them were registered in 2012,” said department chief the Republic Drug Treatment Center, physician-narcologist Afat Mammadova …
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Antioxidant Promising in Teen Marijuana Dependence

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June 4, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) — The antioxidant supplement N-acetylcysteine (NAC) may be effective as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of marijuana dependence in adolescents, new research suggests. Results from a randomized controlled trial …
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Clinics Focus On Helping Pregnant Women Deal With Prescription Drug …

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It's one of a small but growing number of clinics for mothers-to-be cropping up around the country in response to the prescription-drug epidemic, which has triggered a rise of addicted mothers giving birth to drug-dependent babies. The clinics, which …
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Linked to Alcohol Abuse

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Dr. Blackstone is president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and medical director of Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, in Arizona, as well as clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Arizona College …
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