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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:14:40 -0700

Jewish Dem Rips Lieberman: "Not His Finest Hour"
Sen. Joe Lieberman may have finally worn out his welcome within Washington D.C.'s Jewish Democrat community. One of the foremost members of that group took the Connecticut Senator to task on Wednesday for his speech at the GOP convention, proclaiming...
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:35:25 -0700

Cocaine Drug May Be Hot New Weight Loss Pill
Obese rats lost weight on the experimental anti-cocaine drug vigabatrin, reinforcing the idea that certain forms of obesity--particularly binge eating--result from the same kinds of neurotransmitter disturbances that underlie vulnerability to addictive...
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:35:18 -0700

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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:17:00 -0700

Drug for Cocaine Addicts Causes Weight Loss
Is Vigabatrin the next big diet pill?The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory announced that obese rats...
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Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:34:40 -0700

Sam Stein: McCain Camp Didn't Search Palin's Hometown Paper
Holy Lack of Vetting Batman!
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:32:35 -0700

Quitting When You're High
Active smokers underestimate the rigors of withdrawal. It's better to quit when you're hurting, not when you're high.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:49:00 -0700

Quitting When You're High
Active smokers underestimate rigors of withdrawal.An alcoholic wraps his car around a tree in a drunken haze. He has "hit...
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Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:43:05 -0700

2008 Marijuana Sourcebook
Attention marijuana users: The President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy thinks it has a pretty good idea of where you live.
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Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:42:35 -0700

2008 Marijuana Sourcebook
Attention marijuana users: The President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy thinks it has a pretty good idea of where you live.
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Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:38:09 -0700

Nothing Beats Booze
Drugs may make headlines, but alcohol is the elephant sitting in the corner of the room.
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Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:40 -0700

Nothing Beats Booze
Drugs may make headlines, but alcohol is the elephant sitting in the corner of the room.
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Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:51:00 -0700

Nothing Beats Booze
Annual survey ranks alcohol as #1 problem.Drugs may make headlines, but alcohol is the elephant sitting in the corner of the...
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:19:00 -0700

Clinical LSD
“Psychedelic psychotherapy” makes a comeback.“Take a tab of Sunshine and call me in the morning.”No, we haven’t...
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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:41:00 -0700

Gates, Bloomberg Target Cigarettes
Billionaires pledge $500 million, but will it do any good?If money were all it took, tobacco smoking would be on the run after...
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Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:57:17 -0700

10 Caffeine-Free Energy Boosters
If you are making an effort to decrease reliance on coffee, these suggestions will give you a boost when you're feeling sleepy or prevent tiredness altogether.
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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:03:26 -0700

Drugs for Alcohol: Different Meds for Different Drinkers
Are you a Type 1 or a Type 2?
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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:15:01 -0700

Drugs for Cocaine Addiction
Researchers target GABA, noradrenaline.According to Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, a company conducting research on drugs...
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Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:01:55 -0700

No Pill for Stimulant Addiction
Meth and cocaine continue to elude researchers.Despite promising trials of several compounds, methamphetamine addiction...
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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:14:23 -0700

"Rogue Pharmacies" on the Internet
You've got drugs!No prescription? No problem. Of 365 web sites advertising or selling controlled drugs, fully 85 percent do...
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Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:26:34 -0700

Pain Patients Sue State of Washington
Do doctors suffer from "opiophobia?" The opium family of painkillers has always been a bane and a boon to the human race, as...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:59:25 -0700

[Guest Post] Internet Addiction: A Novel Disease?
Or a reflection of the new world order? [Editors Note: Addiction Inbox has not covered the so-called behavioral or...
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Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:06:00 -0700

Battling Addiction with Exercise
It helps you quit. Can it keep you from starting? We've all heard the claim: Physical exercise helps addicts who are working...
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:06:24 -0700

Meth to the West, Cocaine to the East, Pot in the Middle
The geography of drug use.To paraphrase an old tune by Gerry Rafferty, we got meth to the left of us, cocaine to the right, and...
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:02:55 -0700

Obama and McCain on Medical Marijuana
The candidates differ on medical uses for pot.
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Fri, 30 May 2008 12:28:14 -0700

Epigenetics and Addiction
Turning off the genes for substance abuseIf psychiatric disorders, including depression and addiction, are rooted in nature,...
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