Scripps Research Study Finds Drug Effective In Curbing Cravings For Alcohol
The Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research at the Scripps Research Institutes conducted a clinical trial using the drug gabapentin, which may reduce cravings for alcohol. After 12 weeks, the rate of people who abstained completely from …
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Justice Organization Recommends Va. Incarceration Reforms
“[This information] is important to all Virginians. It illuminates the state of justice in the Commonwealth, and offers some suggestions to the problems we highlight,” said Spike Bradford, 43, the Justice Policy Institute's senior research associate …
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US recession victims hit the bottle
"And we had a slow recovery."This study did not measure people's stress levels, she noted, but it's possible that this latest downturn hit some Americans particularly hard. The types of hardships linked to drinking problems – job loss and housing loss …
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