$7.5 Million Award To Identify Potential Drug Candidates To Treat Nicotine Addiction

Published December 19, 2010

.5 Million Award To Identify Potential Drug Candidates To Treat Nicotine Addiction
The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) School of Medicine have been awarded approximately $ 7.5 million over five years to develop novel compounds that could eventually become drug candidates for the treatment of nicotine dependence, and possibly other drug addictions. Of the funds awarded, $ 5 million will go to Scripps Research, $ 2.5 million to UCSD…
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Drug busts total .7 million
The Des Moines Police Department’s narcotics unit has taken nearly $ 3.7 million worth of drugs off the streets so far in 2010.
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