1987 – Cocaine. the Big Lie – National Institute of Drug Abuse


 

1987 – Cocaine. The Big Lie – National Institute of Drug Abuse – “It’s not hip, it’s hype.” http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/cocaine.html.

 

Images from the History of Medicine

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Native_american_medium. A Native American-inspired anti-drug ad from the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (1993). Cocaine_medium. "Cocaine. The big lie." A message from NFL running back Mercury Morris, a two-time Super Bowl …
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Scamming the system: The rising cost of health care fraud

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Seven million people, or 2.7 percent of the U.S. population, used psychotherapeutic drugs nonmedically in 2010, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. About 5.1 million people abused painkillers, with 1 in 12 high school seniors using …
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12 Hospitalized In Minnesota After Getting High On Tainted Meth

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, nearly 13 million Americans ages 12 and above have abused methamphetamine at least once in their life. The states with a notably higher user rate than the average are Hawaii, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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President Kenyatta's Maiden Speech In Parliament

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For far too long this our national resource has received insufficient attention and the energy and time of our youth have been wasted through alcohol and drug abuse. …. We will therefore institute measures to facilitate their fuller participation in …
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Nicotine Makes Mouse Brain More Responsive to Cocaine | National Institute on Drug Abuse http://t.co/T62lDEv0v0 – by efhmd (ElizabethFHowell MD)

 

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Crime Does Not Increase Around Methadone Clinics in Baltimore | National Institute on Drug Abuse http://t.co/vC5RpoSLdJ – by annemfletcher (Anne M. Fletcher)

 

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Brief Intervention Helps Adolescents Curb Substance Use | National Institute on Drug Abuse http://t.co/yNP79XC4Jp – by MeKron (Moshe Kron)