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Asia: Walking the 'legal high' wire
Filed under: ketamine addiction

All NPS groups, particularly synthetic cannabinoids, but also ketamine, synthetic cathinones (mephedrone), phenethylamines, piperazines, plant-based substances and other substances have emerged in the region. In Asia, the emergence of new psychoactive …
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Wastewater drug bonanza: Emerging drugs in treatment plant influent
Filed under: ketamine addiction

However, the data revealed more cannabis and ketamine was abused in the Antwerp South region than in Brussels North and Deurne. This conclusion agrees with the results from another study looking at the abuse of cocaine and amphetamines in 19 …
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Potential Cause of Depression Identified
Filed under: ketamine addiction

Ketamine is a drug that does this, and there is huge interest in ketamine" in depression, Dr. Russo said. Experts Weigh In. Commenting on the findings for Medscape Medical News, David Dietz, PhD, assistant … "It's well known that there is comorbidity …
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Aimee – Episode 3, Season 2 Preview of INTERVENTION CANADA

intervention-canada.ca ** The 3rd episode of Intervention Canada’s second season profiles Aimee in Ontario. Born addicted to opiates, Aimee, 25, is caught in the same cycle of addiction that took her mother’s life when Aimee was a little girl. Suffering through a childhood of neglect, Aimee’s feelings of worthlessness and abandonment led her into a downward spiral that began in her early teens. A string of abusive boyfriends, the loss of custody of her four children, and memories too painful to hold have led Aimee to a serious fentanyl addiction and a life on the streets soliciting men to pay for her habit. Her father, who lives in fear that he will have to bury his daughter as he did her mother, makes one final desperate bid to save her life. Intervention Canada is the Canadian version of the Emmy-Award-winning A&E series Intervention. Tune into the gripping one-hour doc series on SLICE every Sunday night at 8PM ET 9PM PT. Check out our Facebook page facebook.com for updates and news.    Read more...

Doctors to answer questions on chemical dependency, addiction treatment
Filed under: substance abuse in the workplace

Dr. Ted Wander, a general adult psychiatrist and medical director at Intermountain Healthcare's LDS Hospital inpatient psychiatric unit, and Jan Frederickson, an addiction substance abuse disorder counselor with the LDS Hospital Dayspring Treatment …
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Street Forms of 'Synthetic Marijuana' Products Linked to Thousands of Hospital …
Filed under: substance abuse in the workplace

… Visits Each Year. Dec. 4, 2012 — Street forms of synthetic cannabinoids — so-called "synthetic marijuana" — were linked to 11,406 of the 4.9 million drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2010, according to a new report by the …
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Just Not at Work Mate

Airport drug bust tastes sweet
Filed under: types of cocaine

Investigators from the UKBA found the class A drug packed between layers of chocolate inside different types of bars and confectionery. They were found in two bin liners packed inside a wheeled suitcase. The cocaine weighed two and a half kilos (5.5lb) …
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Synthetic drug use hard to track
Filed under: types of cocaine

Last year a 23-year-old Florida man overdosed on methylone, a bath salt that imitates the effects of cocaine. And like the synthetic cannabinoids, bath salts can cause hallucinations and paranoia. The long-term effects of both synthetic drugs are …
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