Breakthrough to help block morphine addiction
August 16th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 16 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, scientists have shown that it is possible to block addiction to morphine and heroin, while boosting relief from pain.A team from the ... Read more...
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LiLo’s mom to produce film about heroin users
November 17th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 17 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan's mum Dina is apparently set to produce a film called 'Growing Defiant' about a group of heroin users, with LiLo's brother Michael Cameron as the ... Read more...
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UN survey finds ‘major drug abuse’ in Afghanistan
June 21st, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 21 (DPA) The number of opium and heroin users in Afghanistan has risen 75 percent in the past five years, as total users of illegal drugs reached one million, ... Read more...
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Ultra Pure Mexican Heroin Puts US Drug OD’s on Rise
May 25th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) While the battle over US border laws such as the one in Arizona rages on, drug smugglers from Mexico are peddling more and more of a new danger ... Read more...
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Nassau County, NY authorities unveil heroin enforcement initiative
February 12th, 2010 - 4:10 am ICT by BNO News
MINEOLA, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – Significant heroin enforcement initiatives were unveiled by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey in a press conference in Mineola, New York on ... Read more...
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‘Take Charge Take Care’ is a guidebook for Heroin users
January 5th, 2010 - 1:21 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The New York City has funded a guidebook for heroin users, which is called ‘Take Charge Take Care’. It is a step-by-step instruction guidebook on ... Read more...
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Opium, cocaine threaten Africa and Europe: UN
June 27th, 2008 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
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Vienna/Nairobi, June 26 (DPA) The surge in opium and cocaine cultivation last year has negative effects on the drug control situation in Africa and Europe, the head of the UN drug agency ... Read more...
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New factor that may contribute towards heroin addiction identified
May 15th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new study has shed light on heroin addiction, by identifying a factor that may play a key role in the development of the habit, by manipulating ... Read more...
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