Instead, detoxification detainees are transferred to St. Gabriel's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center in Douglas County.

Drug detoxification is used to reduce or relieve withdrawal symptoms while helping the addicted individual adjust to living without drug use ; drug detoxification is not meant to treat addiction but rather an early step in long-term treatment.

* Drug detoxification

The National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ) recommends detoxification followed by both medication ( where applicable ) and behavioral therapy, followed by relapse prevention.

* Drug withdrawal, dependence, and detoxification

Drug tourism thrives because legislation controlling the sale, possession, and use of drugs varies dramatically from one jurisdiction to another.

Medical devices are classified by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) under three different classes depending on the risks that the medical device may impose on the user.

213 kg of amphetamine worth 40 million AED ( Nearly $ 11 million ) was seized by the United Arab Emirate Drug combat authorities on 30 November 2011 from an Iranian ship that was supposed to deliver the consignment in Malaysia and made a port stop in Sharjah.

The Gulf News published on 30 November 2011, saying " This is the biggest drug bust of its kind in 2011 and the second big one in the last three years worldwide ," said Dr. Wadia Maalouf, International expert at the United Nation's Drug and Crime office.

The Lord's Day Act, which since 1906 had prohibited business transactions from taking place on Sundays, was struck down as unconstitutional in the 1985 case R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd. Calgary police officers witnessed several transactions at the Big M Drug Mart, all of which occurred on a Sunday.

In 1986, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration banned the use of sulfites on fruits and vegetables intended to be eaten raw.

* Drug allergies ( if any ; inscribed on the reverse )

Digoxin was approved for heart failure in 1998 under current regulations by the Food and Drug Administration on the basis of prospective, randomized study and clinical trials.

Foods of this kind present a problem because the hidden gluten constitutes a hazard for people with celiac disease: In the United States, at least, gluten might not be listed on the labels of such foods because the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has classified gluten as GRAS ( generally recognized as safe ).

*" The Nexus of Drug Trafficking and Hawala in Afghanistan ", Dr. Edwina A. Thompson, for the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC )

Chinese immigrants were blamed for importing the opium-smoking habit to the U. S. The 1903 blue-ribbon citizens ' panel, the Committee on the Acquirement of the Drug Habit concluded, " If the Chinaman cannot get along without his dope we can get along without him.

It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on 23 March 1943 for sale in the United States and approved by Health Canada for sale in Canada under the brand name Hycodan.

A transdermal patch form of the MAOI selegiline, called Emsam, was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States on February 28, 2006.

The Netherlands is a signatory to international counter-narcotics agreements, a member of the UN International Drug Control Program, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and is a contributor to international counter-narcotics.

* 2000-2001 Progress Report on the Drug Policy of the Netherlands ( pdf )

Reagan hosts the First Ladies Conference on Drug Abuse at the White House, 1985.

Drug delivery focuses on maximizing bioavailability both at specific places in the body and over a period of time.

Though not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) for use on humans, obsidian is used by some surgeons for scalpel blades, as well-crafted obsidian blades have a cutting edge many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels, the cutting edge of the blade being only about 3 nanometers thick.

* Information to healthcare professionals on fluoroquinolone safety from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's training academy, the FBI Academy, the FBI Laboratory, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service headquarters are on the base.

" That mysterious artist was truly gifted with the vision that perceives the Dharma-Body as the hedge at the bottom of the garden ", reflected Huxley. Temporarily leaving the chronological flow, he mentions that four or five hours into the experience he was taken to the World ’ s Biggest Drug Store ( WBDS ) where he was presented with books on art.

Much of its humor depends on presenting everyday events as newsworthy and by playing on commonly used phrases, as in the headline " Drugs Win Drug War.

Drug design in the pharmaceutical industry is largely based on the structural basis of the interactions of drugs pioneered by Perutz in the 1980s.

* The Arnold Drug Store opened in 1898 and was also the post office location at the time.

A Shoppers Drug Mart location on Dupont Street in Toronto, Ontario.

Lechmere's location later became the giant Phar-Mor drugstore, meant to be a direct competitor to supermarket-sized Drug Emporium ( both of which are now also defunct ).

** Prescription Drug Coverage homepage at Medicare. gov — a central location for Medicare's web-based information about the Part D benefit

One carryover from the Thrift Drug days after the merger took over was the presence of JCPenney Catalog Centers inside certain locations, which enabled Eckerd customers to order merchandise from store catalogs and pick it up at an Eckerd location.

Notable stores include ( by size ): The Bay, Sears Canada, Laura, Shopper's Drug Mart, Forever 21, Canada's first H & M retail location, Urban Planet, Sephora and Zara.

In 1997, Fred Meyer converted its Columbia Falls and Kalispell stores into Smith's Food & Drug Stores, and closed its Polson location.

Acceptance of radiopasteurization is likely to be delayed, however, for two reasons: ( 1 ) the storage life of fresh chicken under refrigeration is becoming a minimal problem because of constantly improved sanitation and distributing practices, and ( 2 ) treatment by antibiotics, a measure already approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, serves to extend the storage life of chicken at a low cost of about 0.5 cents per pound.

Protein-bound paclitaxel ( e. g., Abraxane ) or nab-paclitaxel was approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) in January 2005 for the treatment of refractory breast cancer.

Availability-Currently there are 20 medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the use of treatment of epileptic seizures in the US: carbamazepine ( common US brand name Tegretol ), clorazepate ( Tranxene ), clonazepam ( Klonopin ), ethosuximide ( Zarontin ), felbamate ( Felbatol ), fosphenytoin ( Cerebyx ), gabapentin ( Neurontin ), lacosamide ( Vimpat ), lamotrigine ( Lamictal ), levetiracetam ( Keppra ), oxcarbazepine ( Trileptal ), phenobarbital ( Luminal ), phenytoin ( Dilantin ), pregabalin ( Lyrica ), primidone ( Mysoline ), tiagabine ( Gabitril ), topiramate ( Topamax ), valproate semisodium ( Depakote ), valproic acid ( Depakene ), and zonisamide ( Zonegran ).

In consequence, the United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) has approved the use of low-level irradiation as an alternative treatment to pesticides for fruits and vegetables that are considered hosts to a number of insect pests, including fruit flies and seed weevils ; the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has cleared among a number of other applications the treatment of hamburger patties to eliminate the residual risk of a contamination by a virulent E. coli.

Carbamazepine was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a bipolar disorder treatment in 2005, but had been widely used previously.

* 1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.

It is approved by the United States ' Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea.

In the United States, modafinil is approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration only for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and as an adjunct treatment for obstructive sleep apnea / hypopnea.

It was only until 1941 when estrogen therapy was finally approved by the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) for the treatment of menopausal symptoms.

Drug resistance poses a growing problem in the treatment of malaria in the 21st century, since resistance is now common against all classes of antimalarial drugs, except for the artemisinins.

* March 20 – AZT: Zidovudine ( or, more commonly, Azidothymidine ) is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV / AIDS.

Growth hormone is approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of Turner syndrome and is covered by many insurance plans.

In 2006 the U. S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for thalidomide ( Thalomid, Celgene Corporation ) in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients.

Use of drugs that decrease insulin resistance, e. g., metformin and thiazolidinediones, is controversial ; this treatment is not approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration.

In December 2008, StemCells Inc., a biotech company in Palo Alto, received clearance from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) to conduct Phase I clinical trials in PMD to assess the safety of transplanting human neural stem cells as a potential treatment for PMD.

* California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Californian agency dealing with substance abuse prevention and treatment

In January 2007 an advisory panel of the United States Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) did not recommend clearance for marketing of an rTMS device, stating that the device appeared to be reasonably safe but had failed to demonstrate efficacy in a study of people with major depression who had not benefitted from prior adequate treatment with oral antidepressants during their current major depressive episode.

" However, the FDA determined in December 2008 that the rTMS device was sufficiently similar to existing devices that did not require a premarket approval application and allowed the device to be marketed in accordance with Section 510 ( k ) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for " the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in adult patients who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from one prior antidepressant medication at or above the minimal effective dose and duration in the current episode ".

Drug addiction was seen as an individual health problem in Britain ; drug addiction to opiates was rare in the 1920s and mostly limited to middle-class people who had easy access to opiates due to their profession, or people who had become addicted as a side effect of medical treatment.

Controversy arose over McQueen's Mexican trip, because McQueen sought a very non-traditional cancer treatment that used coffee enemas, frequent shampoos, injection of live cells from cows and sheep, massage and laetrile, a supposedly " natural " anti-cancer drug available in Mexico, but not approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration.

Because of the weakness of the evidence and the potential for serious side effects from some drug therapies, the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ( NICE ) 2009 clinical guideline for the treatment and management of BPD recommends: " Drug treatment should not be used specifically for borderline personality disorder or for the individual symptoms or behaviour associated with the disorder " but " drug treatment may be considered in the overall treatment of comorbid conditions ," and suggests " review of the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder who do not have a diagnosed comorbid mental or physical illness and who are currently being prescribed drugs, with the aim of reducing and stopping unnecessary drug treatment.