Oklahoma State of Addiction: Substance Abuse Costs U.S. Employers Hundreds of Billions in Health Care, Productivity …

Oklahoma State of Addiction: Substance abuse costs U.S. employers hundreds of billions in health care, productivity …
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Drug testing and Employee Assistance Programs are two ways employers help their workers cope with the devastating issue. Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. implemented a companywide program called “Your Life Matters” to help its employees cope with drug and alcohol abuse.
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Collaborative preclinical efficacy studies suggest a new target for drug addiction treatment
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( SRI International ) In preclinical studies, researchers at SRI International and Astraea Therapeutics have recently evaluated the role of a new drug receptor target that shows promise for the treatment of drug addiction.This potential new drug target belongs to a class of receptors called the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
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Reduce abuse of addictive painkillers

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Mary Bono Mack's efforts to reduce the abuse of addictive prescription drugs. A hearing on ways to combat the problem will be held today. Her Stop Oxy Abuse bill aims to restrict the use of pain-relieving drugs containing oxycodene, which is used in …
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Nature, Nurture Both Have Role in Drug Abuse

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In regression analyses, both a genetic risk index and an environmental risk index strongly predicted the risk of drug addiction, they found. The genetic risk index included a history of drug abuse, criminal activity, and psychiatric or alcohol problems …
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