Doctors warn of potentially deadly 'zombie' effects of using anti-depressant …
Studies carried out when the drug — which is supposed to be taken orally — was introduced in the 1980s suggested that it had no stimulant effect, leading to its non-abuse status. But physicians say recent anecdotal evidence indicates that it does, in …
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Drug Abuse is Major Threat to Street Kids
She explained why she and her colleagues wanted to learn more about drug abuse among street children. “We live full … “They're so detrimental to a person's health,” she said, “They cause really a lot of shot term effects, for example, sudden heart …
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Mukherjee calls for generating awareness of deleterious effects of drug abuse
New Delhi, June 26 (ANI): Emphasizing on the need to make a greater effort to generate awareness of the deleterious effects of drug abuse in a sustained, continuous and result oriented manner, President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said efforts should …
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Tampa Bay Initiative: Tackle Teen Substance Abuse with "Truth About Drugs …
The effectiveness of these pamphlets has led to a series of public service announcements (PSAs) entitled "They Said, They Lied"–the 16 PSAs used strong depictions of the devastation of drug abuse to convey a contemporary, high-impact message aimed …
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