Faces of Drug Abuse: Computer Models 'Average' Users of Different Drugs

Published March 22, 2014

Faces Of Drug Abuse: Computer Models 'Average' Users Of Different Drugs
It then combined those images to draw up a subtle but illuminating look at how use of different drugs is able to distort the human face – in often disturbing ways. You can read more about the methodology here – it's limited, but not uninteresting …
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Governor Shumlin Headlines Panel On Prescription Drug Abuse
The Democrat cited data that since 2000 there has been a 770 percent increase in opiate addiction and a 250 percent increase in heroin use in Vermont. But Shumlin also noted Vermont is not the only state struggling with such statistics. "The problem in …
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Lawmakers talk drug abuse care options
BOSTON – Lawmakers joined with representatives from several state agencies Wednesday to share their concerns about the growing addiction problem in Massachusetts, discussing a range of options and problems from civil commitments to better treatment …
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Baby boomers abusing drugs and alcohol at record rates; self-medicating to …
Alcohol-related deaths for over-75s are at the highest level since records began in 1991, the BBC reports, citing the Office for National Statistics. Alcohol and drug abuse by older people was an “invisible issue”, said DrugScope CEO Marcus Roberts …
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