NIH Backs Off Plan to Merge Addiction Institutes

NIH Backs Off Plan to Merge Addiction Institutes

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In a surprising move, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has backed off of a controversial plan to merge its two institutes that study drug abuse and alcohol addiction. NIH Director Francis Collins said today that the agency will instead work on …
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Drugs a public health issue: Kerlikowske

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US President Barack Obama's director of drugs policy says drug use in the community is a public health problem and not an issue of law and order. Gil Kerlikowske, the US director of the office of national drug control policy, said it was time to …
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Prescription drug abuse on rise among JK youth

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Jammu, Nov 15: Owing to over the counter sale, prescription drug abuse is on rise among the youngsters in Jammu and Kashmir. A recent survey has revealed that at least twenty patients with addiction symptoms are screened at different Out Patient …
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