Synthetic drug-use in Europe at all-time high: agency

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While cocaine and cannabis remain the most popular illicit drugs, new synthetic substances are being detected at a rate of about one a week — a fast-rising trend, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). A …
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Prostate patients suffer as money overwhelms optimal therapy

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Favorable Medicare payouts for hormone drugs like Lupron and Zoladex induced “remarkable changes” in prostate cancer treatment in the 1990's, as urologists “almost completely replaced” surgical castration with drug therapy, according to a 2010 study in …
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