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		<title>Vaccine blocks cocaine high in mice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have produced a lasting anti-cocaine immunity in mice by giving them a safe vaccine that combines bits of the common cold virus with a particle that mimics cocaine.
In their study, published in the online edition of Molecular Therapy and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the researchers say this novel strategy might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Drug Crackdown Reduces Meth Usage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study published in the scientific journal Addiction shows that the Mexican government&#8217;s recent efforts to control the manufacture of methamphetamine have caused a drop in methamphetamine treatment admissions in Mexico and in neighbouring Texas. 
In 2005 Mexico began controlling its imports of pseudoephedrine (a precursor chemical used in the manufacture of methamphetamine), and in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New technique enables drugs tests via exhaled breath</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 02:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study from Karolinska Institutet presents a new technique that makes drug testing possible through exhaled air for the first time. By examining people who had received emergency care for an amphetamine overdose, the researchers found that in all cases there were traces of amphetamine and metamphetamine in the exhaled breath.
&#8220;Traditionally, drugs tests have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waterpipes: A new pastime for the young?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 06:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As fewer people puff on cigarettes, a new smoking trend may be gaining popularity among North American youth. A study published in the journal Pediatrics has found that almost one-quarter of young adults in Montreal had used waterpipes (also known as shishas or hookahs) in the past year. 
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		<title>Long-time cannabis use associated with psychosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young adults who have used cannabis or marijuana for a longer period of time appear more likely to have hallucinations or delusions or to meet criteria for psychosis, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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		<title>Teen Cocaine Use Increases Addiction Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exposure to ecstasy or cocaine during adolescence increases the &#8220;reinforcing effects&#8221; that make people vulnerable to developing an addiction. This is the main conclusion of a research team from the University of Valencia (UV), which has shown for the first time how these changes persist into adulthood.
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