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Drug Addiction: New Super Painkiller Zohydro Could Be10 Times More Potent Than Vicodin, Say Narcs and Experts – New York Daily News
Drug Addiction: New super painkiller Zohydro could be10 times more potent than Vicodin, say narcs and experts – New York Daily News
Drug companies are cooking up a potent new painkiller that New York narcs and addiction experts say could unleash the worst pill-popping plague since Oxycontin hit the streets. A single extended-release capsule will contain up to 10 times the …
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Drug Addiction: The duchess and the drug addicts: charity salutes new royal patron – The Guardian
There is a skittish atmosphere inside Hope House in Clapham, south London, which is because Christmas is awful when you’re a recovering addict, and Christmas is over. This is a residential establishment, but not a detox unit. Women who come here …
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RX Abuse Brings Drug Crime to the Corner Store – CBS News
Drug Addiction: RX abuse brings drug crime to the corner store – CBS News
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RX abuse brings drug crime to the corner store
CBS News People do crazy things when they're on drugs." And a lot of people are on prescription drugs. According to the most recent data from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), 7 million Americans, or 2.7 percent of the population, use prescription … |
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Drug Addiction: Worldwide illegal drug use estimated at 200 million people a year – CBS News
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Worldwide illegal drug use estimated at 200 million people a year
CBS News Even so, two Australian researchers reviewed studies from around the globe to determine the scope of illegal drug use in people aged 15 to 64 and understand its health effects on problem-users in these countries. Marijuana and hashish (cannabis) use … Global Study Finds Drug Abuse Highest in Richer Nations 200 million people use illegal drugs; what is the toll on health? Pot Tops Global Drug Use List |
Checks and Balances: Doctors, Law Enforcement Spar Over Prescription-Drug Database – Knoxville News Sentinel
Drug Abuse Statistics: Checks and balances: Doctors, law enforcement spar over prescription-drug database – Knoxville News Sentinel
The database recorded more than 13.7 million prescriptions last year, according to the most recently available statistics — and only 1.2 … including medical examiners, coroners, drug-abuse counselors, drug court judges, prison health care …
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Heather Yakin: Prescription painkiller abuse a big health crisis – Times Herald-Record
The figures were released Dec. 20 by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics … The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimates, based on its 2010 drug-use survey, said that five million people age …
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Drug Addiction: Concerns Over Prescription Drug Addictions – International News Network
Drug Addiction: Concerns Over Prescription Drug Addictions – International News Network
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Concerns Over Prescription Drug Addictions
International News Network ISLAMABAD: Drug addiction support groups have expressed concerns over a possible new wave of medicine addiction following reports that a pharmaceutical company could soon be marketing a new painkiller drug that is said to be 10 times stronger than … New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried |
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Drug Addiction: Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center Warns That Holidays Place … – Emailwire (press release)
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Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center Warns That Holidays Place …
Emailwire (press release) These accolades did not go unnoticed within the addiction treatment field and resulted in the adoption by many throughout the country of a more holistic approach to drug addiction treatment. If someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol, … |
Drug Abuse Statistics: Hydrocodone Painkillers 10 Times Stronger Than Vicodin Being Readied by Drug … – New York Daily News
Drug Abuse Statistics: Hydrocodone painkillers 10 times stronger than Vicodin being readied by drug … – New York Daily News
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Hydrocodone painkillers 10 times stronger than Vicodin being readied by drug …
New York Daily News Treatment for prescription painkiller abuse has skyrocketed 430% over the last ten years, federal statistics show, and addiction experts and drug control advocates are concerned the proposed mega-dose opiate will make things worse. … New Extra-Strength Painkiller Concerns Abuse Experts Purer, stronger painkiller coming; critics predict epic abuse Super painkiller Zohydro feared to be 2012's new addiction med |
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Poisoning Kills More Than Car Crashes – New York Times
Drug Abuse: New Powerful Painkiller Has Drug Abuse Experts Worried – Fox News
Drug Abuse: New Powerful Painkiller Has Drug Abuse Experts Worried – Fox News
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New Powerful Painkiller Has Drug Abuse Experts Worried
Fox News "I have a big concern that this could be the next OxyContin," said April Rovero, president of the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse. "We just don't need this on the market." OxyContin, introduced in 1995 by Purdue Pharma of Stamford, … Hydrocodone painkillers 10 times stronger than Vicodin being readied by drug … |
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Drug Abuse: Reforms aim to stem opiate abuse in Vermont – BurlingtonFreePress.com
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Reforms aim to stem opiate abuse in Vermont
BurlingtonFreePress.com There are indications, however, that the administration's focus on the prescription drug abuse problem will extend far beyond the shortage of treatment options in Vermont, which has the nation's second-highest rate of.per-capita admissions for … |