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		<title>New insight on how fast nicotine peaks in the brain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicotine takes much longer than previously thought to reach peak levels in the brains of cigarette smokers, according to new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center.
Traditionally, scientists thought nicotine inhaled in a puff of cigarette smoke took a mere seven seconds to be taken up by the brain, and that each puff produced a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning to parents: Look for signs of K2</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2010/03/08/warning-to-parents-look-for-signs-of-k2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last month, Anthony Scalzo, M.D., professor of toxicology at Saint Louis University, has seen nearly 30 cases involving teenagers who were experiencing hallucinations, severe agitation, elevated heart rate and blood pressure, vomiting and, in some cases, tremors and seizures. All of these teens had smoked a dangerous, yet legal substance known as K2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cocaine-related deaths rise in warm weather</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a study published in the journal Addiction, researchers in the United States have discovered that accidental overdose deaths involving cocaine rise when the average weekly ambient temperature passes 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit). Using mortality data from New York City&#8217;s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for 1990 through 2006, and temperature data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only 11 Percent of Prison Inmates Receive Treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the 2.3 million  inmates crowding our nations prisons and jails, 1.5 million meet the  DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse or addiction, and another  458,000, while not meeting the strict DSM IV criteria, had histories of  substance abuse; were under the influence of alcohol or other drugs at  [...]]]></description>
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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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				<category><![CDATA[Illegal Drugs]]></category>

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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.
Previous studies have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New smoking cessation therapy proves promising</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2010/03/01/new-smoking-cessation-therapy-proves-promising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit.
When compared to the nicotine vapor delivery system used in the Nicotrol/Nicorette inhaler, the new technology proved more effective at delivering nicotine to the blood stream. As a result, it provides immediate relief of withdrawal symptoms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol, Energy Drinks Add Up to Higher Intoxication Levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drunk Driving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Energy drinks, favored among young people for the beverages&#8217; caffeine jolt, also play a lead role in several popular alcoholic drinks, such as Red Bull and vodka. But combining alcohol and energy drinks may create a dangerous mix, according to University of Florida research.
In a study of college-aged adults exiting bars, patrons who consumed energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More alcohol sales sites mean more neighborhood violence</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2010/02/22/more-alcohol-sales-sites-mean-more-neighborhood-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More alcohol sales sites in a neighborhood equates to more violence, and the highest assault rates are associated with carry-out sites selling alcohol for off-premise consumption, according to new research released today (Feb. 21) by two Indiana University professors.
Using crime statistics and alcohol outlet licensing data from Cincinnati, Ohio, to examine the spatial relationship between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research on Secondhand Smoke Finds Significant Hazards</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2010/02/18/research-on-secondhand-smoke-finds-significant-hazards/</link>
		<comments>http://dryspace.org/2010/02/18/research-on-secondhand-smoke-finds-significant-hazards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ New research by the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center (OTRC) shows that concentrations of secondhand tobacco smoke inhaled in smoking rooms of restaurants and bars are exceptionally high and hazardous to health.
Hazardous Extremes
According to the study, which appears in the center’s new report “Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces,” the average particulate level measured in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine replacement therapy is over-promoted</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2010/02/16/nicotine-replacement-therapy-is-over-promoted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Health authorities should emphasize the positive message that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation, despite the promotion of cessation drugs by pharmaceutical companies and many tobacco control advocates.
The dominant messages about smoking cessation contained in most tobacco control campaigns, which emphasize that serious attempts at quitting smoking must be pharmacologically [...]]]></description>
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