Methamphetamines
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Fruit Flies Allow Scientists to Study Toxic Effect of Methamphetamine
A new study gives researchers a clearer view of the molecular damage that occurs throughout the entire body as a result of methamphetamine use. Using fruit flies, researchers from the University of Illinois, led by entomology professor Barry Pittendrigh, were able to track changes in the expression of genes and proteins as a result of methamphetamine exposure.
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CVS Pharmacy to Pay $77.6 Million for Improperly Controlling Sales of Meth Ingredient
CVS Pharmacy Inc. agreed to pay $77.6 million in a case that alleged improper control in selling pseudophedrine, an ingredient in many cold medications that can be used to make methamphetamine.
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Methamphetamine in the Emergency Department
Methamphetamine skyrocketed in popularity during the 1990s, when at-home labs churned the drug out across the country. Through various law changes and programs, the use of methamphetamine has slowed. For instance, the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 limited the amount of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine that could be sold over the counter, slowing the production of methamphetamine.
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NIH Gives Grant to Study Methamphetamine’s Threat to Oral Health
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has contributed a $1.86 million grant to the University of California, Los Angeles’ School of Dentistry to lead a study on the hazards that methamphetamine use causes to oral and dental health.
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Facts about Methamphetamines
Methamphetamine, according to the U.S. National Drug Threat Assessment 2009 (issued by the National Drug Intelligence Center or NDIC), is the second leading drug threat to America. Most of the drug supply comes from so-called “superlabs” in both the U.S. and foreign countries. But small, illegal meth labs have also become a dangerous threat in neighborhoods, to the people in the labs creating the drugs, and to the environment. Continue Reading
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