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Abnormal cognitive processing of drug cues in heroin dependence.

Patients exhibited larger slow positive wave components on heroin related
pictures than on neutral pictures, indicating abnormal information (or
anticipatory?) processing.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list\
_uids=12898125
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Dangerous Drugs: An Easy to Use Reference for Parents and Professionals
by Carol L. Falkowski

Describes latest drugs to hit communities: what they look like, where they come
from, and why they're dangerous.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568389817/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

Abnormal cognitive processing of drug cues in heroin dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12898125

Firing of accumbal neurons during cocaine self-administration.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12904500

Illicit methylphenidate use in an undergraduate student sample
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12741435

Alcoholism and the dopaminergic system
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12893451

Abnormal brain activation to visual stimulation in cocaine abusers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12899920

Correlates of Young Adult Tobacco Use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12882607

Psychological characteristics of volunteers in studies on gambling.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12913397

Evaluation of medical student attitudes toward alcoholics anonymous.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12913366

Prevalence of gambling among Minnesota public school students in 1992 and 1995.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12913395

Longitudinal treatment effects among cocaine users
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12908814

Cognitive distortions in heavy gambling.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12913389

Randomization in a substance abuse treatment study
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12894613

Medical prescription of heroin to treatment resistant heroin addicts
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12907482

Factitious disorder presenting as alcohol dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12913367
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