A smartphone app that could help decrease marijuana use?

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The University at Buffalo has been awarded a National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant for $ 715,500 to develop and study a smartphone app that promotes exercise as a positive alternative to marijuana use. As part of the study, researchers will also …
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Teenagers, Young Adults Most Abusers Of Drugs — Survey

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… towards eradicating drug abuse and attaining an international society that is free of drug abuse. This is done mainly by creating awareness and educating youths and adults on the hazardous and social effects of substance abuse and to guard against it.
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act today for a healthy tomorrow

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Nature has made human beings the master creature, but a majority of them have either deliberately or innocently become slaves in the hand of addiction with certain kind of drug. … Let's take a tour of the deadly effects of smoking with passage of time.
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Doctors warn of potentially fatal abuse of Wellbutrin and Zyban

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Bupropion doesn't produce many of the side effects of other antidepressants and is considered non-habit-forming. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration even classifies them as “non-abusable.” But drug abusers have recently discovered that if the pills …
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