SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Wellcorps International, one of the nations leading social, health and environmental advocacy groups, today released a major paper on the history and evolution ...

Benzedrine was the first brand of amphetamine marketed in the United States in the 1930s. Its use soon took off. Doctors prescribed it for conditions ranging from depression to narcolepsy. The drug’s ...

When methadone was first proposed for the treatment of heroin addiction, it sounded like a pointless gambit — sort of like substituting vodka for gin. That’s enabling addicts, critics said, not ...

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Forty individuals with a history of amphetamine dependence (31 men, 9 women) were included in the study. The patients mean age was 38.5 years (st dev 9.1, range 21–55). Subjects with amphetamine ...