Bill Would Create Prescription Database for Doctors

Published March 18, 2013

Bill would create prescription database for doctors
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
System would help prevent ‘doctor shopping,’ but opponents say privacy is at risk. The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for several years has been able to track prescription drug abuse by consulting a database of narcotics dispensed by pharmacies.
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Marijuana Use May Raise Nicotine Dependence
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
People who have used marijuana may be more susceptible to the addictive properties of nicotine, researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. More specifically, it is the consumption of the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana – tetrahydrocannabinol (TCH) – that is linked to stronger nicotine addiction among laboratory rats. THC has …
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