Potential new drug for cocaine addiction and overdose Chemists are reporting development of what they term the most powerful substance ever discovered for eliminating cocaine from the body, an advance that could lead to the world’s first effective medicine for fighting overdoses and addictions of the illicit drug. Their findings are scheduled for the Sept. 24 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a weekly publication.

Reality is that if you have an addiction to one thing the chances are very good that you have other addictions as well. Smoke cigarettes and Gamble? Do Coke and Drink? Very few people have one addiction and one addiction only, they have cross-behavioral addiction or dual-behavioral addiction.
People have mumerous methods [...]

A National Survey on Drug Use and Health will be released today, stating that about 20 Milion people used illicit drugs during the past month.
Drug use increased among those 50-59 years old as more baby boomers joined that age group. Previously, their drug use rose from 4.3 percent in 2006 to 5 percent in 2007.
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A researcher at Oregon State University has used a new method of combining multiple sources of data to identify counties in Oregon with high numbers of methamphetamine-related problems per capita, giving officials a new tool in fighting the illegal drug.

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America have joined support of Senate Resolution 614. The resolution designates August as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month”.
(Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)
 
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