Technology Innovations for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Conference

Technology Innovations for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Conference – On September 16, 2013, the top three challenge finalists of the “Behavioral Health Empowerment Challenge” were announced at the at the Technology Innovations…

Senators Co-Sponsor Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana

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PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Every day prescription drugs are being given out to patients, but what we aren't realizing is that some of those drugs can become addictive to the user. Why does the medical industry give patients a drug they know can …
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Harry Reid Backs Medical Marijuana

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Medical research on marijuana is extremely difficult to conduct because it remains a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act — meaning, among things, that the government judges it to have no currently accepted medical use. However …
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Drug lords cash in on Syria's collapse

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It became a Category 1 drug under the US Controlled SubstanceSubstances Act. This means it has a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use in treatment in America, or a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. In 1986 the …
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