Posts Tagged ‘Addicts’
Drug Addicts May Be Born With Abnormal Brains: Study – New York Daily News
Drug Abuse: Drug addicts may be born with abnormal brains: study – New York Daily News
Previous research has pointed to these differences, but it was unclear if they resulted from the ravages of addiction or if they were there beforehand to predispose a person to drug abuse. Scientists at the University of Cambridge compared the …
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Drug Abuse: DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe – YAHOO!
(Reuters) – Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances. The action on Saturday came one day after the …
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Drug Abuse: Agents Raid 2 Florida CVS Stores in Prescription Drug Abuse Probe – Insurance Journal
Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances. The action on Saturday came one day after …
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Addicts’ Brains May Be Wired at Birth for Less Self-Control – NPR News
Drug Addiction: Addicts’ Brains May Be Wired At Birth For Less Self-Control – NPR News
Many addicts inherit a brain that has trouble just saying no to drugs. A study in Science finds that cocaine addicts have abnormalities in areas of the brain involved in self-control. And these abnormalities appear to predate any drug abuse.
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Drug Addiction: Drug abuse arrests up 13%, more start younger: CNB – Straits Times
The number of drug abusers arrested last year shot up 13 per cent, said the Central Narcotics Bureau, due to ‘intensified enforecement efforts’. The drug enforcement agency said in an annual report released on Friday that it had nabbed 3,265 …
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Drug Addiction: Baseball MVP Josh Hamilton Suffers Addiction Relapse – ABC News
Texas Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton, the 2010 American League MVP who has battled alcohol and drug addictions for over a decade, has suffered a relapse with alcohol. ESPN reports that Hamilton, 30, drank alcohol at Sherlock’s Pub and …
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Drug Addiction: One Drug Abstinence Method Earns a Second Look – Houston Chronicle
Burning Tree, a long term drug treatment center in Texas, reintroduces to the addiction community a proven, but sometimes forgotten about, method of treating chronic addicts and their families. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) February 03, 2012 One method to treat …
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Ontario to Help 23000 Drug Addicts Quit Smoking – CityNews
Drug Addiction: Ontario to help 23000 drug addicts quit smoking – CityNews
 Globe and Mail | Ontario to help 23000 drug addicts quit smoking CityNews THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit The Ontario government has announced a new three-year initiative to help drug addicts quit smoking. The province will pay for counselling, nicotine gum and patches for the 23000 smokers undergoing treatment for drug … Ontario to help addiction patients quit smoking Helping More Ontarians Quit Smoking Ontario to spend $ 4.5 million to help smokers quit |
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Drug Addiction: Florida Hospital, Orlando Health create plan to treat pain patients in ERs – Orlando Sentinel
Florida Hospital, Orlando Health create plan to treat pain patients in ERs Orlando Sentinel The plan also calls for physicians to refer patients to community resources such as rehabilitation facilities, if they need help for prescription-drug addiction. Dr. Stacy E. Seikel, medical director at the Center for Drug Free Living, praised the new … Doctors announce plan to cut off pain pill addicts |
Drug Addiction: Drug Addicts Are ‘Our Children, Mothers, Fathers, Aunts, Uncles’ – Newnan Times-Herald
Drug Addiction: Drug addicts are ‘our children, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles’ – Newnan Times-Herald
Drug addicts are 'our children, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles' Newnan Times-Herald By JEFF BISHOP We used to think we knew what a drug addict looked like, Coweta County Drug Court Coordinator Pam Shepherd told the Newnan Rotary Club on Friday. "The movies told us," she said. They were usually hardened criminals, gang members like Al … |
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Drug Addiction: New super painkiller Zohydro could be10 times more potent than Vicodin, say … – New York Daily News
 New York Daily News | New super painkiller Zohydro could be10 times more potent than Vicodin, say … New York Daily News But law enforcement officials and drug experts worry it will open a new front in the war against prescription drug abuse. “This has the potential to be Oxycontin all over again,” said Lewis Nelson, an emergency medicine doctor and toxicologist at NYU … |
One Addict’s Story of Prescription Drug Dangers – North Country Public Radio
Prescription Drug Abuse: One addict’s story of prescription drug dangers – North Country Public Radio
One addict's story of prescription drug dangers North Country Public Radio (12/30/11) Yesterday we reported on an alarming trend across the North Country, the rise of prescription drug abuse. Today we hear a first-hand account of one woman's 20-year-struggle with addiction to these powerful narcotics. … |
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Prescription Drug Abuse: ADHD-drug abuse popular on Oregon campuses; university health officials fight back – OregonLive.com
 OregonLive.com | ADHD-drug abuse popular on Oregon campuses; university health officials fight back OregonLive.com Still, Friedrich and others in the education and medical communities worry about figures linking prescription stimulant abuse to alcohol and illicit drug abuse. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration survey, students who used … |
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Fight looms over access to TN prescription database – Bizjournals.com
Former Flagler Addict’s Actions a Positive Sign – Daytona Beach News-Journal
Drug Addiction: Former Flagler addict’s actions a positive sign – Daytona Beach News-Journal
Former Flagler addict's actions a positive sign Daytona Beach News-Journal By JULIE MURPHY, Staff writer Suzanne Garrison, believing she has beat her three-year drug addiction because of her participation in Drug Court, shares the message that the program works with passing motorists as part of her community service. … |
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Drug Addiction: Site of proposed housing for recovering addicts divides Lancaster – Columbus Dispatch
Site of proposed housing for recovering addicts divides Lancaster Columbus Dispatch Project supporters, who include Lancaster Mayor David S. Smith, local judges and other elected officials, argue that the development would help counter the drug addiction — primarily to heroin and other opiates — that grips many families in the … |
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Drug Addiction: Sobriety, Christmas together is family’s best gift of all – Sioux Falls Argus Leader