AAP opposes school-based drug testing of adolescents
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) opposes the use of in-school drug testing as a means to reduce substance ...
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Maintenance opioids in drug users linked with lower rate of hepatitis C infection
1. In young adults, treatment with maintenance opioid agonist therapy (methadone or buprenorphine) was associated with a 69% decrease in ...
STIs and recreational drug use prevalent among swingers
1. Swingers were found to have a high rate of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections, at rates similar to young people, ...
Inhibition of key enzymes in the animal brain reduces drug relapse behavior
1. A rat drug-relapse model of cocaine, heroin or nicotine addicted animals showed elevated activity of two specific enzymes, matrix ...
One-time telephone interventions have little effect on drug abuse
1. No significant difference from baseline drug use was observed in patients who received a thirty minute telephone session of ...
Insufficient evidence for behavioral interventions to prevent adolescent drug use
Image: PD 1. According the a new recommendation statement form the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), there is insufficient ...
Clinical impression not reliable in identifying drug-seeking behavior
Image: PD Neuronal growth cone 1. Emergency providers’ clinical impression was moderately sensitive and specific in identifying drug-seeking behavior, as ...
