Booklet on Drug Abuse Released

Booklet on drug abuse released

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According to the booklet, apart from physiological effects such as sleeplessness, loss of weight and inability to concentrate, drug abuse also results in adverse psychological effects such as continuous absence from school/ college and demanding money …
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Anti-heroin drug for addicts' friends, family

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A treatment to reverse the effects of opioids such as heroin may soon be distributed to family and friends of injecting drug users in Victoria in a bid to save them from fatal overdoses. Yarra Drug and Alcohol Forum chief executive Greg Denham said …
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In fight against crystal meth, a focus on chemistry

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The law was designed to make it harder for drug dealers to use the drug, which is effective in fighting nasal congestion, as the basis for manufacturing crystal meth – a devastating and highly-addictive stimulant that the National Institutes of Health …
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Rethinking dangerous drugs

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Hart is quick to point out he's not discounting the potentially dangerous side effects of drug use. Anyone who uses psychoactive drugs should be aware of the potentially powerful consequences. But for Hart, education and awareness are key. "With drugs …
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