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Drug and Alcohol Addictions in America


 

Drug and Alcohol Addictions in America

 

Chantix may be effective against alcohol addiction

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"Drinking and smoking often co-occur, and given their genetic and neurochemical similarities, it is perhaps unsurprising that a smoking cessation treatment might serve to treat alcohol problems," said Dr. Raye Litten of the National Institute on …
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Pledge to Fight Alcohol and Drug Abuse Today

Filed under: alcohol addictions

Alcohol and drug abuse is a major public health concern in the country, according to René Adams, the programme manager of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Drug Control Rehabilitation division in the Social Welfare Services directorate of the Ministry …
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Want to get rid of alcohol addiction? Just forget about it!

Filed under: alcohol addictions

“What we found is that when we gave them a 10-day period of abstinence and gave them certain memories of the alcohol, they triggered the need for this substance. We gave the rats a small amount of alcohol and then scanned their brain to see the …
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