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Drug-driving tests to be trialled
August 6th 2010
LONDON — Equipment to test drivers for drugs is to be rolled our across the country within two years, the government announced on Friday.
The drugs kits will test for a range of illegal substances, including cocaine and ecstasy, and could be available in every police force by 2012.
It means officers will no longer have to wait for permission from a doctor before a blood test can be taken.
The specification for the devices, which are still being developed, is expected to be sent to manufacturers by the end of September.
Illegal Drug Use Common Among Hookah Smokers
May 10th 2010
Young adults who smoke tobacco from a water pipe, or hookah, are more likely to use illicit drugs, a cross-sectional Canadian study showed.
Among Montreal residents ages 18 to 24, one-third of those who reported water-pipe smoking also said they used illegal drugs other than marijuana, whereas 11% of those who said they didn't smoke from a water pipe reported such activity (P<0.0001), found Jennifer O'Loughlin, PhD, of the University of Montreal, and colleagues.
FDA Okays new Quit -Smoking Drug
May 11th 2006
The FDA has approved a new drug to help cigarette smokers quit smoking.
The drug is called Chantix. It comes in tablet form and is not recommended for pregnant smokers, smokers younger than 18, or use with other smoking-cessation products, the FDA's Curt Rosebraugh, MD, MPH, told reporters at a teleconference.
Rosebraugh is the deputy director of the Office for Drug Evaluation II at the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
The active ingredient in Chantix, varenicline tartrate, is a new drug that got a priority FDA review; it took six months for approval instead of the usual 10 months for routine reviews.