Just the sight, smell or taste of somones favorite drink can kick in exceptionally strong cravings. These cravings generally play the lead when alcoholics who hae been abstinent relapse. The alcoholic will associate this response with the positive effects of drinking rather than the negative effects.

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The Consumer Healthcare Products Association and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America have joined support of Senate Resolution 614. The resolution designates August as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month”.

(Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)

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In the first large-scale study of home medication consumption, sociologists at the University of California, San Diego discovered an increase of over 3,000 percent in domestic medication errors involving alcohol and/or street drugs that resulted in a death.

The study examines nearly 50 million U.S. and has found that allowing patients to monitor their own meds can be fatal; the recent death of actor Heath Ledger is just one example.

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A debate in Bexar County, Texas, over whether needle-exchange programs should be legalized to help curb the spread of HIV was examined by the Associated Press. Currently, anyone in possession of drug paraphernalia can be prosecuted, regardless of their intentions.

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China’s new march forward in addiction treatment: methadone for the masses.

American Journal of Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(2):123-6

Authors: Kosten TR, Gardner TJ

PMID: 18293228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

(Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

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