UNDP Global Fund Partnership – Belize

UNDP Global Fund Partnership – Belize – UNDP is now implementing an HIV/AIDS grant agreement with Belize for programmes that notably aim to treat and prevent the disease among the Central American …

Mental Health Debate Spills Over To State Bar Application

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000

"Many law students who might be experiencing problems with substance abuse or dealing with stress are being detered from getting treatment. That is a problem." The mental health questions for bar applicants have been a hot button issue in Connecticut …
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Editorial: On heroin, new approach needed for an old scourge

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000

Vermont, Shumlin said, has seen a seven-fold increase in treatment for opiates and a 250 percent increase in treatment for heroin addiction since 2000. It has opened treatment centers throughout the state, but the supply of addicted Vermonters is so …
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Preserving the attorney-client privilege for in-house counsel

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Courts impose on corporate entities the burden of demonstrating that communications and documents shared with in-house counsel are protected by the attorney-client privilege. When companies cannot satisfy this burden, courts have ordered production of …
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Sochi 2014: mechanisms of performance enhancing drugs

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000

While the Olympics often garner attention as a series of events showcasing determination, hard work, and perseverance, there is a dark side associated with the Games: the abuse of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). PEDs have long … Diuretics are …
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