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...recent study published in the journal Addiction found that after naloxone training, addicts did just as well as medical professionals at recognizing the symptoms of overdose and determining when to use the medication. And addiction experts say the experience of coming back from an overdose is frightening enough - not to mention often accompanied by severe withdrawal symptoms - that few addicts would consider using naloxone as an insurance policy to justify taking more drugs...
...Journal of Addictive Diseases in 2006, found that after increasing for years, heroin-overdose deaths in Chicago dropped 20% in 2001, the year Bigg's program began, and fell an additional 10% the following year. So far, addiction researchers say no significant problems have been reported with naloxone use, but they concede that much more studying needs to be done...
...turned out for the fellowship because they were afraid that a prolonged absence from the newsroom might exact a toll on their employment status, or because they worked for newspapers that no longer support long-term fellowships for their staffers. “The standard for selection that we use involves [identifying] people of accomplishment, leadership, and talent to go on in journalism," Giles said. "Whether they do it as freelancers, magazine article writers, or newspaper journalists is not so much of a problem for us--it’s what they represent and how we think they might grow...
Maybe the trendy messaging website coaxes contributors into feeling anonymous and uninhibited. Perhaps its short-burst format encourages streams of consciousness that go tragically unedited. Or, possibly, the world is full of more jerks than we care to acknowledge. Whatever the explanation, a shocking number of Twitterers manage to use just 140 characters to come across as massive jackasses. (See the top 10 social-networking apps...
...Watching a LOT of fashion mistakes go past whilst waiting for the bus," a British Twitterer pouts. "This is why I don't use public transport...