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Heroin abusers' performance on the Tower of London Test

Planning dysfunction in heroin abusers is related to alpha2 mean frequency
shifts at central regions.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15610927
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Shooting Stars: Drugs, Hollywood and the Movies
by Harry Shapiro

Investigates the drug myths propagated in film.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1852426519/top100
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Heroin abusers' performance on the Tower of London
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15610927

Risk factors and neuropsychological recovery
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15612853

Utility of lead-in period in cocaine dependence pharmacotherapy trials.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15607836

Sexual Risk Among Injection Drug Users Recruited From Syringe Exchange
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15614118

Significance of comorbidity for the long-term course of opiate dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15608467

Repeated cocaine administration on dopamine transmission in prefrontal cortex.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15617727

Daily patterns of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in adolescents
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15621398

Memory, executive cognitive function, and readiness to change drinking behavior.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15621401

Integrated treatment of co-occurring mental illness and addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15618940

Smoking cessation interventions with individuals in substance abuse treatment
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15612860

A brief readiness to change drinking algorithm
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15621412

Long-term abstinence syndrome in heroin addicts
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15610923

Gender differences in impact of comprehensive services in substance abuse
treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15610830

Prefrontal cortical dysfunction in abstinent cocaine abusers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15616172

Predominantly female caseloads
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15602141

Binge drinking in university students
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15621393

Brief motivational intervention at a clinic visit reduces cocaine and heroin
use.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15607841
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