Drug Abuse

Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The article identifies doctors as the primary source of narcotic painkillers for chronic abusers and says a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study challenges the belief that the abuse epidemic is caused largely by users getting drugs from …
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It's the Drugs, Stupid! Prescription Psychotropic Drugs Cause Brain Injury
Psychotropic drugs have been used for the purpose of suppressing fear and enabling murderous rage for a long time. In Dispatches, his extraordinary book about the war in Vietnam, Michael Herr passes this along about the use of drugs by American soldiers:.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Died of Toxic Drug Mix, Medical Examiner Says
Hoffman, who struggled with addiction early in his life and spoke candidly about his substance abuse, was found dead in his New York City apartment with a syringe in his arm on Feb. 2. He reportedly relapsed after remaining clean for 23 years and …
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