Volume 16 Issue 1 - January 2004

• Bad Case Reports May Cause Bad
  Toxicology
• Heroin Deaths Study
• Heroin Pharmacokinetics
• U.N. Issues Report on
  Amphetamine-type Drugs
• Methadone-related Deaths and
  Postmortem P450 Testing
• Hotel Detox

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Volume 16 Issue 6 - June/July 2004

• Another Study Indicates Opiates Protect
  the Heart
• Hawaiian Mother Charged with
  Methamphetamine Manslaughter
• Maternal/Fetal Cocaine and Opiate
  Interactions
• Poison Center Study on Drugs and
  Arrhythmias
• Snorting Cocaine Increases Tolerance
• Cocaine Vaccine Developed in the U.K.
• Drugs in Sports?
• Generic OxyContin Hits the Streets

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Volume 16 Issue 2 - February 2004

• New Rules Planned for Workplace
  Drug Testing
• FDA Bans Ephedra: Was the Decision
  Evidenced-based?
• Ephedra and QT Dispersion
• Ephedrine and Cerebral Blood Flow
• Ephedrine-related Deaths Analyzed
• Ephedra and Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Ephedrine Induced Cardiac Ischemia
• Ephedra-related Ischemic Stroke

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Volume 16 Issue 7 - August 2004

• Oxy Deaths Analyzed
• Cocaine and the Sweat Patch:
  Patchy Results
• U.N. Reports on the World Drug Scene
• The Dope on Anti-doping
• The Politics of Anti-doping
• Dietary Supplement Users &
  Allergy Sufferers
• Drugs in Sports: Olympic Death Watch

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Volume 16 Issue 3 - March 2004

• New Method for Measuring Cocaine
  Metabolites
• Khat Calls: Khat DUI
• Four Fatal Caffeine Overdoses
• Predicting Drug-related Impairment
• Ephedrine Urine Tests
• Medical Marijuana in the
  United Kingdom
• Nimetazepam (Erimin) Abuse in Asia

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Volume 16 Issue 8 - September 2004

• New Rules Proposed for Workplace
  Drug Testing
• Dumbed Down DAWN Report
• Cannabinoids May Shrink Brain Tumors
• Heritable Causes of Sudden
  Cardiac Death
• Methamphetamine Moms -
  Oldies But Goodies
• Is Plan Colombia in Trouble?

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Volume 16 Issue 4 - April 2004

• Increased Supply Leads to Increased
  MDMA Deaths
• FDA Revised Guidelines, Label Warnings
• Urine Methadone Concentrations
• Intravenous Methadone and QTc
  Prolongation
• Maternal Methadone and Neonatal
  Withdrawal
• Does Heroin Use Protect the Heart?
• No Justice, No Science for Olympic
  Swimmer
• Almost the Real Thing: Coca Soft Drinks

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Volume 16 Issue 9 - October 2004

• Forensic Science in the Dock: Postmortem
  measurements of drug concentration in
  blood have little meaning
• New GHB Research
• Marijuana Hair Testing: Blowing Smoke
• New Studies on Ephedrine and Obesity
• Postmortem Alcohol Redistribution
• Larvae Analysis: Much Ado About
  Nothing?
• Court Upholds Ruling for THC Positive
  Worker

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Volume 16 Issue 5 - May 2004

• Is There Scientific Evidence for
  Drug-related Violence?
• Drugs, Driving and Impairment
• Smoking Methamphetamine
• Oral Morphine and Methadone
• Ephedra Issues
• Marijuana Use on the Rise

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Volume 16 Issue 10 - Nov./Dec. 2004

• Cocaine and Methamphetamine
  Research Presented at the American
  Heart Association Scientific Sessions:
• New Study Shows How Cocaine Use
  Causes Heart Muscle Damage
• Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death
  in Methamphetamine Users
• Ginseng?s Effect on Blood Vessel Growth
• New Study of "Positional Asphyxia"
• Real Time Drug Abuse Warning Network
  (DAWN) Database Proposed by DEA
• Another Murder by Breast-feeding?
• Boliviana Negra ?
  Super Herbicide-resistant Coca?

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