This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=270&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:20 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ A community workgroup led by UW research scientist Caleb Banta-Green, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, unveiled today the King County 2008 annual drug trends report. Heroin and cocaine led the list of county drug treatment admissions, according to the study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51000 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (mguiden@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51000 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT A team of researchers from the University of Washington, McGill University and Oregon State University has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50932 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (mguiden@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50932 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:56:54 GMT The negative effects of drug abuse impacted more King County residents in 2006 then in previous years. In the past decade, accidental drug-caused deaths went up 56 percent. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35544 Health and Medicine Elizabeth Lowry (elowry@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35544 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:15:27 GMT Even though the American government and people have not always embraced immigrants, the image of the United States as a land of opportunity and refuge has become the focal point of the nation's identity at home and around the world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9328 Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9328 Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:00:00 GMT While physicians are able to treat patients who suffer blood loss after major injuries, a large number of these patients go on to develop infections or multiple organ failure, in which the functioning of the body vital organ systems, such as the lungs, heart, kidneys of liver, go awry. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4477 Health and Medicine Larry Zalin (zalin@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4477 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:00:00 GMT