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Bangladesh army major jailed for cough syrup drug
DHAKA – A senior Bangladesh army officer has been jailed and sacked for carrying hundreds of bottles of illegal cough syrup – a popular drug in the south Asian country, an official said Wednesday.
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Cocaine Addiction: Experimental Treatments May Prevent Relapse
Doctors have used the drug disulfiram to help patients stay sober for several decades. It interferes with the body’s ability to metabolize alcohol, giving a fierce hangover to someone who consumes even a small amount of alcohol. More recently, disulfiram was shown to be effective in treating cocaine addiction as well, even though alcohol and cocaine affect the nervous system in different ways …
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Three Arrested in Bar Harbor Drug Bust
BAR HARBOR — Agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested three people here Aug. 17 at Ledgelawn Apartments.
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Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Diosynth sign long-term commercial manufacturing agreement
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announced today that it has entered into a long-term commercial manufacturing agreement with Diosynth RTP, Inc. for the manufacture of Drug Substance integral to the production of NicVAX, Nabi’s innovative and proprietary investigational vaccine for the treatment of nicotine addiction and prevention of smoking relapse.
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