Drug Abuse

Friends are common source of abused prescription meds
CHICAGO (AP) — Most people who abuse addictive prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives, while drug dealers are a relatively uncommon source for those at highest risk for deadly overdoses, a government study found. People …
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Drug addiction an urgent priority among mental health professionals: Opinion
Opioid use beyond three or four months can cause dependency. I often see short-term memory deficits among adolescents or adults who have used opioids for one year or more. Drug addiction — for decades a pressing world health issue — is now an urgent …
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