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		<title>Acamprosate Prevents Relapse To Drinking In Alcoholism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acamprosate reduces the number of patients being treated for alcoholism who return to drinking, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The drug showed moderate benefits in trials when used in addition to non-drug treatments.  Drinking too much alcohol increases the risk of ill health...]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Function, Task Performance In Cocaine Abusers, Improved By Ritalin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brain-scanning study at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducted with collaborators from Stony Brook University, reveals that an oral dose of methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, improves impaired brain function and enhances cognitive performance in people who are addicted to cocaine...]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk Of Violent Crime</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder - or manic-depressive disorder - does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse...]]></description>
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		<title>Codeine-Ibuprofen Misuse Results In Serious Morbidity, Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although codeine-ibuprofen can be considered a relatively weak opioid analgesic, it is nevertheless addictive and more research is needed to develop health care responses to its misuse, according to an article in the Medical Journal of Australia...]]></description>
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		<title>The International AIDS Society Calls For An End To Harassment, Intimidation And Imprisonment Of HIV Professionals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the imprisonment of Maxim Popov in April 2010, sentenced to 7 years jail primarily for the promotion of HIV prevention efforts in Uzbekistan, the International AIDS Society (IAS) notes with alarm the detention of a medial practitioner working in HIV prevention in Ukraine. Dr...]]></description>
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		<title>Psychiatrists Call For Northern Ireland Executive To Follow Scottish Lead On Minimum Price For Alcohol</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland has called on the Executive to take the advice of the Health and Social Development Ministers and follow Scotland's lead in proposing a minimum price for alcohol of 45 pence a unit...]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Doping Detectable With A Simple Blood Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[German scientists from Tübingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days. Scientists at the universities in Tübingen and Mainz have developed a test that can provide conclusive proof of gene doping...]]></description>
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		<title>The Partnership For A Drug-Free America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patricia Russo, chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America provided keynote remarks and joined Steve Pasierb, Partnership CEO and Ken Winters, PhD., chairman of the organization's science advisory board and professor at the University of Minnesota, to review a number of new research-based programs from the Partnership at the National Prevention Network Prevention Research Conference...]]></description>
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		<title>BMA Scotland Welcomes Announcement Of Minimum Price For Alcohol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BMA has welcomed plans to set the minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland at 45 pence. Commenting on the proposed price announced by the Cabinet Secretary this morning, Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said that so far, no credible alternative to minimum pricing had been identified by opposition parties and he urged them to back the Alcohol Bill...]]></description>
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		<title>New UNH Research Shows Risk Of Marijuana&#8217;s &#8216;Gateway Effect&#8217; Overblown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana - that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults - is overblown. Whether teenagers who smoked pot will use other illicit drugs as young adults has more to do with life factors such as employment status and stress, according to the new research...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana - that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults - is overblown. Whether teenagers who smoked pot will use other illicit drugs as young adults has more to do with life factors such as employment status and stress, according to the new research...]]></content:encoded>
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