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Prescription Drug Abuse: Maryland Leaders Want Prescription Monitoring
Prescription Drug Abuse: Maryland Leaders Want Prescription Monitoring
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration is calling on the legislature to implement a prescription monitoring program to combat prescription drug abuse in the state. The system will create profiles of individuals who fill prescriptions. Pharmacists and doctors can access the profiles through a state database as a way to reduce abuse.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Cape police detectives arrest suspect for trafficking prescription pills
On July 12th at 8:45pm, Cape Coral Police Narcotics Detectives made arrangements to purchase 40 Oxycontin (20mg) tablets and 10 Percocet (10mg) tablets for $ 500 from Roy Lee Hudson of Cape Coral.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Marijuana Use Up Among Eighth Graders
TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) — More American eighth graders are now using marijuana and, perhaps as a result, more illicit drugs in general, a new government report reveals.
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Hazelden Introduces Intensive New Level of Post Addiction Treatment Support and Monitoring
Drug Addiction: Hazelden Introduces Intensive New Level of Post Addiction Treatment Support and Monitoring
Program aims at improving patient’s prospects for long-term recovery CENTER CITY, Minn., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hazelden, one of the world’s largest and most respected private, nonprofit alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers, announces development of an intensive new level of post-treatment support for people in the crucial first months of recovery from addiction. The 18 …
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Drug Addiction: A Salty Appetite Linked to Drug Addiction
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — A team of scientists has found that addictive drugs may have hijacked the same nerve cells and connections in the brain that serve a powerful, ancient instinct: the appetite for salt. Their rodent research shows how certain genes are regulated in a part of the brain that controls the equilibrium of salt, water, energy, reproduction and other rhythms – the hypothalamus. The …
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DEA Now Monitoring Krokodil, a Deadly Morphine Derivative – Fox News
Drug Addiction: DEA Now Monitoring Krokodil, a Deadly Morphine Derivative – Fox News
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DEA Now Monitoring Krokodil, a Deadly Morphine Derivative
Fox News Marmur said she was concerned that the drug could eventually make its way into the United States. "It's horrible," she continued. "These people are the ultimate in self-destructive drug addiction. Once you're an addict at this level, any rational … Krokodil: Inexpensive mind-altering drug made from head-ache tablets kills … |
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Drug Addiction: Finance more drug help centres, says police chief – The West Australian
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Finance more drug help centres, says police chief
The West Australian More funding was needed for treatment facilities to help drug addicts break the habit, Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said yesterday. As police shut down more small "addiction-based" makeshift drug laboratories, Mr O'Callaghan said he believed … |