State Senate Forms Committee to Study Drug Addiction, Treatment – the Patriot Ledger

State senate forms committee to study drug addiction, treatment – The Patriot Ledger

State senate forms committee to study drug addiction, treatment
The Patriot Ledger
The Senate formed its own special committee Thursday to study drug addiction and treatment options with a focus on addressing what Senate President Therese Murray described as an epidemic of opiate addiction in Massachusetts. email · print. By Matt 

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Research Yields Promising New Drug Targets for Cocaine Addiction – Laboratory Equipment


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Research Yields Promising New Drug Targets for Cocaine Addiction
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Cocaine. Image: Neo Tokio, Wikimedia Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters the brain's reward circuits and causes addiction. Published online in PNAS, by Eric 
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Heroin gains a deadly foothold in Vermont – Boston Globe


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Heroin gains a deadly foothold in Vermont
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“Being in the middle of nowhere with nothing in your community — no community center, no theater — makes it hard,” said Bess O'Brien, a filmmaker from Peacham whose new documentary, “The Hungry Heart,” chronicles the struggle with drug addiction in 
'Full-blown heroin' crisis cited by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin resonates in MassLive.com

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