Study Implicates Dopamine in Food Restriction, Drug Abuse

Study implicates dopamine in food restriction, drug abuse

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

Charles France, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine, in 1979 was on the team that first reported the connection between food restriction and behavioral effects from drugs of abuse. He was not associated with the new research …
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Rolling Stone: Aaron Hernandez used PCP, hung around gangsters

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

Among the revelations in the story: Hernandez hung around with a cohort of gangsters, cut himself off from his family and teammates and regularly used drugs. The report, citing his friends, say he sometimes smoked “three or four blunts” during the …
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Investigator puts blame on El Paso police in deadly crash

Filed under: Texas Drug Use

EL PASO, Texas — Defense attorneys pointed fingers at El Paso police Wednesday in the trial for a man accused of driving drunk, then hitting a police vehicle, killing an officer. One witness … Davis told the jury Enriquez didn't use a good method to …
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