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25/08/2010 by admin.
Here are this months top drug stories in the UK news
BBC news
25/08/10 Drugs deaths up by 67% in Wales in three years
24/8/10 Don’t label heroin users as ‘junkies’ - Drug Commission
20/8/10 Drugscope’s Martin Barnes criticises benefit plans
20/8/10 Drug addict benefit withdrawal considered
16/8/10 Top doctor Sir Ian Gilmore calls for drugs law review
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11/11/2008 by admin.
Read this interesting article in the guardian today
Here is an extract from the article
It has become commonplace for people who are overweight to attribute their waistline to their DNA. Now, celebrities caught snorting cocaine might also be able to blame their parents.
Scientists reported yesterday the discovery of a gene that increases the chances of becoming hooked on the drug Addicts were 25% more likely to carry the gene variant than people who did not use cocaine, a study found.
The discovery is unlikely to lead to a treatment for cocaine addicts, but scientists hope it could be used to screen for those most likely to have problems kicking the habit if they ever try the drug.
“If you are a carrier of this gene variant, the likelihood of getting addicted to cocaine is higher,” said Rainer Spanagel, a professor of psychopharmacology at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany, who led the study. “You can certainly use this as a vulnerability marker for cocaine addiction.”
Click here to read the full story online
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21/10/2008 by admin.
Cannabis drug tests are easy to perform, are very accurate and reliable, with high specificity for Cannabis, they show virtually no cross reactivity for other drugs.
Cannabis drug tests are available as single drug tests in strip and cassette drug test formats for urine testing.
Performing a self cannabis test is no more complex than doing a home pregnancy test. A urine sample is collected and added to the test. Positive or negative (no Cannabis detected) results are available to the tester in under 5 minutes.
There is also a new salive cannabis test devise now available, This allows a simple sample of saliva to be tested for the presence of Cannabis.
The tests will detect all forms of cannabis (marijuana)
Cannabis tests are available mail order from specialist drug test suppliers
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