AHD – Compulsive Adolescent Substance Abuse : Causes & Effective Treatment.AVI

AHD – Compulsive Adolescent Substance Abuse : Causes & Effective Treatment.AVI – This two day workshop will provide participants with and understanding of how compulsive adolescent substance abuse develops and strategies to address this c…

Why Violence Works

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At the same time, police officers in black communities were generally slow to respond to calls for help and were more likely to ignore a range of illegal activities, like drug abuse and prostitution, that they would not have tolerated in white areas …
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Tenacious Aussie outsmarts cancer cells

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His concept dates back to the 1970s when scientists had high hopes they could develop a drug to attack the structure of the cancer cell. But treatments proved toxic to other parts of the body. The main problem is that cancer cells have the same basic …
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Study Finds 'Doctor Shopping' Uncommon

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The study found that the vast majority of patients prescribed opioids did not abuse the drugs or visit a suspicious number of doctors. “We estimate that a small outlying population of approximately one of every 143 patients who purchased opioids from …
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