Penn Researchers Use MRI to Study Drug Addiction

Published January 19, 2013

Penn researchers use MRI to study drug addiction

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… shatters the stubborn misconception that conquering addiction is solely a matter of "willpower." "You can be a fortuneteller," said Anna Rose Childress, a psychologist who directs the center's cocaine-related MRI research. … It's crucial research …
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Alabama Supreme Court Declares A Fetus Is A Child

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Hope Ankrom and her newborn son both tested positive for cocaine when the child was born on January 31, 2000. Medical records documented Ankrom's substance abuse during her pregnancy but she was unable to break her addiction. She pleaded guilty …
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Sao Paulo crack addicts face obligatory treatment

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Officials in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are to begin making people addicted to crack cocaine get treatment. A new law allows mandatory treatment for drug users in "advanced stages of addiction" and at risk of death. Social services, not police …
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