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Benita Terrell, Student and Peer Counselor, Reveals What HIV Looks Like

Benita Terrell, Student And Peer Counselor, Reveals What HIV Looks Like

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In 2000, I was living a normal life. I was working for Georgia Power, I was dating, I was traveling, I was shopping. I had gone to Georgia with my ex-husband, but we separated and some time after that I found out that I was pregnant. I miscarried …
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The drug lab scandal: Who's cleaning it up?

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The U.S. Won't Admit This Dying Iranian Sociologist

The U.S. won't admit this dying Iranian sociologist

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His last hope is to come to the U.S., where his wife and children are, and where doctors say he could receive potentially life-saving treatment. But the U.S. won't let … request was denied. The consulate cited a clause in the Immigration and …
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Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Steven Cohen, Citigroup Inc.

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Inside the Psyche of the 1%

Inside the Psyche of the 1%

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Reid precautions his readers: “We must stop identifying with the chronic criminal, and stop allowing him to manipulate our misplaced guilt about treating him as he is: qualitatively different from the rest of us. [3]. The author ….. As for a drug …
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Health briefs 11-17

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Nymox to Present at 7th Annual Singular Research Conference

Nymox to Present at 7th Annual Singular Research Conference

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The Company's lead drug candidate, NX-1207, is currently in late stage Phase 3 clinical trial development in the U.S. for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common condition of older men associated with growth in prostate size as …
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The US War on Communism, Drugs, and Terrorism in Colombia

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Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights Over Abbott Laboratories

Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights over Abbott Laboratories

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Since 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act has encouraged, facilitated, and required universities and other recipients of Federal grant money to license inventions resulting from funded research for commercialization. While this has been one of the bedrocks …
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Q &A Voters Guide State Races

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If a Drug Addict Is Imprisoned, Would He Be Able to Undergo Addiction Treatment While in Jail?

Question by adina s: If a drug addict is imprisoned, would he be able to undergo addiction treatment while in jail?
This just crossed my mind as I was reading a pamphlet about how drug users are sometimes imprisoned because of a variety of reasons. If they get released without being treated, it is likely that they will just commit crimes or acts of violence again.

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Answer by sunshinebuglover
if a drug addict is imprisoned, by very nature of imprisonment he IS getting treatment because he is denied access to the drug for an extended period of time, which is long enough to detox and get it out of your system so you stop craving.