Oregon Healthy Teen Survey Reports Teenage Drinking as Biggest Concern
Oregon Healthy Teen Survey reports teenage drinking as biggest concern Alcohol continues to be the number one drug abused by teens, according to a 2013 statewide survey, with other substances lagging far behind. However, a new community coalition is being contemplated to curtail alcohol abuse among Klamath County youth. Read more on Herald and NewsLawmakers Ask Obama To Soften Marijuana Restrictions “We request that you take action to help alleviate the harms to society caused by the federal Schedule I classification of marijuana.” Drugs that are listed as Schedule I are deemed to have no medicinal use, which “disregard[s] both medical evidence … Read more on BuzzFeed Read more... ...
Brain Implants Hold Promise Restoring Combat Memory Loss: Health
Brain Implants Hold Promise Restoring Combat Memory Loss: Health Federal health regulators have already authorized Medtronic's implant for sale in the U.S. St. Jude Medical Inc., based in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Boston Scientific Corp., based in Natick, Massachusetts, sell similar devices overseas and are seeking U … Read more on San Francisco ChronicleMeth-makers, Cold Sufferers Could Face Tighter Limits on Pseudoephedrine … Rabkin says the bill was created with input from experts in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the federal Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. … of the American College of … Read more on Knoxville Metro Pulse Read more... ...
Hoffman's Heroin Points to Surge in Grim Trade
... Heroin Points to Surge in Grim Trade Drug Enforcement Agency. From 2010 to 2012, after several years of decline, heroin-related overdose deaths increased 84 percent in New York City to 382, according to the Health Department statistics. Staten Island, where prescription drug addiction has … Read more on New York TimesPuerto Rico has One of the Highest HIV/AIDS Rates in the US In 2007, Joseph Carroll Miranda helped start El Punto en la Montaña, a group that offers medical supplies and services to addicts who live in rural areas, out of the reach of government services. Operating on a shoestring budget of about $ 50,000 a year … Read more on Fusion Read ...
Does Salvia Show Up in Drug Tests?
Question by Mike: Does salvia show up in drug tests? I get tested by a rehab center for my probation who sends it to a lab. i live in ma. it’s a urine test my frend gave me some salvia will it show up? and is it still legal? Best answer: Answer by XaphanNeither salvinorin A (the active compound in Salvia) nor its metabolites (the substances it is broken down into by the body) are tested for in the standard drug test. The basic drug test, currently used for nearly all testing programs (corporate, school, sports & judicial), checks for the “SAMHSA-5”, and cannot currently detect salvinorin A. Read more... ...
How Can Massages Help Drug & Alcohol Treatment?
How Can Massages Help Drug & Alcohol Treatment? — Massage therapy can play a crucial role in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Professional massage therapy can help to rejuvenate and revitalize damaged tissue… Robbie Williams took so much cocaine his arm went numb and admits drug … Robbie Williams confesses he is lucky to be alive after surviving drug addiction – and says he took so much cocaine his entire arm went numb. The reformed family man is now clean living but the former Take That star has lifted the lid on his shocking … Read more on Mirror.co.uk Read more... ...
What Effects May a Neurotransmitter Have on the Postsynaptic Membrane?
Question by 2 ears, 1 mouth: What effects may a neurotransmitter have on the postsynaptic membrane? What is the actual cause of these effects? Best answer: Answer by leafsobsesseddifferent ones have different effects: here’s an interactive site that tells you more detail http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html however, usually, the neurotransmitter (acetylcholine, eg) binds to receptors on the postsynaptic membrane (on the next cell), opens sodium channels on the membrane of that cell. sodium ions flood in, and the cell depolarizes (excitation) so that spreading activation can occur and the signal from the presynaptic cell is spread to the next one. Read more... ...