Vernon Porter Senate Drug Caucus Hearing Testimony Washington DC 7/18/2012

Vernon Porter Senate Drug Caucus hearing testimony Washington DC 7/18/2012 – Vernon Porter Senate Drug Caucus hearing on prescription drug abuse

FDA Convenes Hearing on Pain-Pill Labels

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WASHINGTON—Relatives of overdose victims pleaded with federal drug regulators Thursday to change the label on a widely used class of narcotic painkillers in a charged day of testimony in Washington. Some pain patients … The Food and Drug …
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Smoking, Once Used to Reward, Faces a Ban in Mental Hospitals

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New research suggests scientific underpinnings for some of the affinity, said Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Nicotine has antidepressant effects and, for people with schizophrenia, helps dampen extraneous thoughts …
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