First drug for obsessive compulsive disorder smuggled into U S
Government researcher Dr. Thomas Insel notes a large black market for clomipramine, the first drug showing strong promise for obsessive compulsive disorder. While not FDA approved, trials aim for 1988 clearance as Americans seek relief from a condition estimated at 5 million people.
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Canada
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Phobia Society of America
United States
Insel
Mexico
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Ciba Pharmaceutical Co
Summit, N.J
Ciba-Geigy Corp
Ciba-Geigy
Society For Biological Psychiatry
Canadian
99th Congress Passes Far Reaching Legislation Highlights
A summary of major actions by the 99th Congress from January 3 1985 to the close of the second session. Highlights include tax code overhaul with cuts and business burdens, immigration reform with amnesty and employer penalties, ban on mandatory retirement, Gramm Rudman targets and court ruling, farm program rewrite, end of revenue sharing, 1.7 billion anti drug law package, Superfund expansion, Clean Water Act reauthorization with 18 billion in grants, 16.3 billion water development package, sanctions on South Africa, Star Wars budget cuts, aid to Nicaraguan rebels, and other federal program changes.
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Senate
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Supreme Court
South Africa
Reagan
Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative
Pick Nine payout makes Florida history at Calder Race Course
Miami AP The Pick Nine paid off for Stuart Starr and William Allen at Calder Race Course as their $48 bet won all nine races ending in a nose victory. Track president Kenny Noe Jr. said the payout was the largest thoroughbred win in Florida history, with Starr noting the win supports a growing family.
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Stuart Starr
William Allen
Calder Race Course
Florida
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Kenny Noe Jr
Starr
Allen
Noe
Estatic
Israeli Aviator May Have Been Handed Over to Syria
Israeli air force chief Maj. Gen. Amos Lapidot said the F4E Phantom crash near Sidon was due to a malfunction, not a rocket. He noted the pilot may have been captured by guerrillas and handed to Syria, while police arrested a militant group over a Jerusalem grenade attack that killed one and wounded 69.
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Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Amos Lapidot
U.S
Sidon
Shimon Peres
Reagan expands CIA role in Contra support
Managua Nicaragua Eugene Hasenfus goes on trial as the U S backed contras gain direct CIA backing after a law change signed by President Reagan. Ortega warns of more U S involvement and casualties as $100 million in new aid flows to rebel forces.
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Eugene Hasenfus
Central Intelligence Agency
Reagan
Congress
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U.S
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Wallace B. Sawyer
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Hasenfus
el Salvador
CIA
CBS News
Sixty Minutes
Reagan Administration
George Bush
Suspect Deported to Sweden in Palme Case Probe
The Sunday Telegraph reports the government deported a suspected terrorist to Sweden for police questioning over the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme. The man was one of six arrested in a major anti-terrorist operation and is linked to Abu Nidal's network involved in recent Pan Am hijacking and the Istanbul synagogue attack.
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Sunday Telegraph
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Abu Nidal
Pan Am
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Istanbul
West German anti-nuclear protests erupt at Wackersdorf
West German militants blocked roads and clashed with riot police at Wackersdorf as they opposed a nuclear waste recycling plant. Police said 282 protesters were arrested over the weekend, part of a four day total of 494, with all but one released after identity processing pending court dates.
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West Germany
Gazette Wire Services
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