Nation's leading experts on substance abuse outline new research agenda
Friday, October 2, 2009 - 11:56
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON, DC, October 2 -- With substance abuse now accounting for one in 14 hospital admissions and generating billions in health care costs, leading scientists held a briefing on Capitol Hill today to present the evidence that we already have and the evidence we need in treating and preventing the use and abuse of alcohol, drugs and tobacco.
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