Sentences with phrase «synthetic drug abuse»

WASHINGTON - Rep. John Katko will host a public forum next week in Oswego that brings together experts for a discussion about heroin and synthetic drug abuse in the region.

AT 6:30 p.m., Rep. John Katko holds a public forum on how heroin and synthetic drug abuse have impacted central New York, Oswego City Hall's Common Council Chambers, 13 W. Oneida St., Oswego.

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Synthetic HGH is typically used by physicians to treatgrowth disorders, but athletes often abuse the drug to build muscle anddecrease fat, usually in conjunction with anabolic steroids.

Social work researchers from the University of Washington have found that among a group of active - duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests.

«This is very consistent with data from the [U.S.] Drug Enforcement Administration that shows a great increase in the trafficking and availability of synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl over the past few years,» said lead researcher Christopher Jones, of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.