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The potential agony of Ecstasy

...Ecstasy use in the past year to 8 percent. "It's the stealth drug amidst all the falling drug use," says Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Md. "We're seeing a precipitous rise. Parents...

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Vaccine against nicotine shows promise

...treating tobacco addiction because vaccinated persons would not get a kick from the nicotine,'' commented Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. ''Since they would find tobacco less rewarding, they would...

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Scientists urge anti-terrorism program

...Homeland Security. The Academy report called for "defense in depth," not just perimeter defense or firewalls. Alan I. Leshner, head of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which issued a separate report on combating terrorism...

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Study says cocaine exposure doesn't always doom babies

...subtle developmental outcomes that many laboratories are beginning to see as children get close to adolescence," said Alan I. Leshner, director of NIDA. "We need to be careful not to fall prey to a sense of security." Frank and her colleagues...

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Cleansing tears erase stain of terrorist attacks

...treatment of drug abuse can be found on the National Institute on Drug Abuse Web site at www.drugabuse.gov. -- ALAN I. LESHNER, PH.D., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE DEAR DR. LESHNER: Thank you for the information. I'm...

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Teen feels alone after miscarriage

...all the responsibility it entails -- and you need to slow down. DEAR ABBY: Thank you for printing the letter from Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It made me realize that I am not the only person who has returned...

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Study: Multiple doses of Ecstasy damage key parts of the brain

...these primates and what you expect to see in Parkinson's syndrome," Holland said in a telephone interview. Dr. Alan I. Leshner, former head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, however, said the Ricaurte study shows "that even an occasional...

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Close this Climate 'Gate'

...scientists have entered into a conspiracy to dupe the world on climate change? Why? What would they stand to gain? As Alan I. Leshner, who heads the American Association for the Advancement of Science, wrote in The Washington Post recently: It is...

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