NIDA Painkillers: Get Back in the Game—Use Painkillers Safely.

NIDA Painkillers: Get Back in the Game—Use Painkillers Safely. – NIDA Scientists Dr. Cindy Miner and Dr. Joni Rutter play softball with some of their young friends and talk about the safe use of prescription painkillers. T…

Good golly, miss Molly

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA, “popularly known as Ecstasy or, more recently, as Molly, is a synthetic, psychoactive drug that has similarities to both the stimulant amphetamine and the …
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Alcohol Most Common in Sexual Assaults

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"We really don't know for sure what the actual numbers are," said Dr. Susan R.B. Weiss, associate director for scientific affairs for the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health. But, she said, "drugs that are sedating …
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Estrogen Guards Against Effects of Fatty Liver

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… and older, there was no significant difference by sex in the risk severe fibrosis. The study had support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, both part …
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