Meth Use Linked to Deadly Fungal Infection

Meth Use Linked to Deadly Fungal Infection

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"This might be an explanation for the pathogenicity of the organism in the presence of the drug, but it also tells you how the organism senses the environment and that it will modify the way that it causes disease." He added that understanding how drug …
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Tonight at 9: Adrian Grenier on educating kids about drugs

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Usually it is the people who have seen someone die from drug addiction or alcoholism or have been in treatment themselves. Rarely and almost never have I seen people in recovery come out in the marijuana debate. During my journey in what is seen as a …
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Sanjay Gupta changes mind on weed but debate continues

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But Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse says the issue isn't whether marijuana is less harmful than alcohol or nicotine, it's whether society is willing to deal with the harm legalizing another drug could cause. "If you look …
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