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What Is the Medical and Legal Definition of “Narcotics Abuse”?
Question by Kirk: What is the medical and legal definition of “narcotics abuse”?
If a patient suddenly discovered he had been given a diagnoses of “narcotics abuse”, what does that mean? It’s a false claim and it needs further investigation, and moreover, an explanation. But ,can you break it down for me? It immediately conjures up an extremely negative connotation for me.
Best answer:
Answer by KoalaMama
Let’s start at the basics. Narcotics are any of a group of drugs, such as heroin, morphine, and pethidine, that produce numbness and stupor. They are used medicinally to relieve pain but are sometimes also taken for their pleasant effects. Prolonged use may cause addiction, which leads to the abuse.
The definition of abuse would be “misuse, maltreatment, or excessive use.” So, the overindulgence in and dependence on said substance, leading to effects that are detrimental to the individual’s physical or mental health, or the welfare of others, would be defined as narcotics abuse.
Scary Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics
Scary Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics
More people are dying of drug overdoses every year—in 2010 38,329 people fatally overdosed, and that was the 11th straight year that the number has risen. But shocking though it seems, these drug abuse statistics aren't about crack or meth or some new … Read more on LifeGoesStrong
Caution urged on drug deaths statistics
The 13th annual review from the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths has released data showing the breakdown of drug related deaths across the UK. Data from 2010 and 2011 was voluntarily provided by 98 of the 114 coroners' jurisdictions in … Read more on Reading Post
Illicit Drug Use on the Rise; More Teens Abusing Drugs than Ever Before
A study on the use of illicit drugs in America shows that drug use is rising. The National Institute on Drug Abuse released a study, showing the statistics on the general use of drugs. While the overall use of illicit drugs was up in the ten year … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Scary Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics
Scary Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics
More people are dying of drug overdoses every year—in 2010 38,329 people fatally overdosed, and that was the 11th straight year that the number has risen. But shocking though it seems, these drug abuse statistics aren't about crack or meth or some new … Read more on LifeGoesStrong
Illicit Drug Use on the Rise; More Teens Abusing Drugs than Ever Before
A study on the use of illicit drugs in America shows that drug use is rising. The National Institute on Drug Abuse released a study, showing the statistics on the general use of drugs. While the overall use of illicit drugs was up in the ten year … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Two Groups at Forefront of Taking on Teen Drug Abuse
Two groups at forefront of taking on teen drug abuse
Those numbers, from a 2009-11 California Healthy Kids Survey, get larger as teenagers get older. Two separate nonprofit organizations have partnered locally to combat underage drug and alcohol use, using a strategy built largely on a philosophy that … Read more on Monterey County Herald
Illicit Drug Use on the Rise; More Teens Abusing Drugs than Ever Before
The age group with the highest concentration of drug users is concentrated in the late teen years and twenties. However, ages 14-15 have a higher average rate of use than all of the age groups 35 and over, showing that drug use is affecting teens at a … Read more on PR Web (press release)
Can You Become Addicted to Opioids Using Tramadol?
Question by Chloe Megan: Can you become addicted to opioids using tramadol?
The BNF states that tramadol is not suitable in people with opioid addiction. So does this mean that tramadol is not addictive?
The BNF also states that one of the side effects of tramadol is diarrhea which doesn’t stick to the normal rules of opioids.
Is tramadol a “True” opioid?
Best answer:
Answer by silky1
The widely-prescribed prescription painkiller tramadol has tricked doctors, and in turn their patients, into thinking it is a safer alternative to what are considered stronger narcotic painkillers, such as OxyContin.
The truth is, tramadol can produce a morphine- or heroin-like high, and according to public health officials, it’s in the running to compete with OxyContin addiction.
Two Groups at Forefront of Taking on Teen Drug Abuse – Monterey County Herald
Two groups at forefront of taking on teen drug abuse – Monterey County Herald
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Two groups at forefront of taking on teen drug abuse
Monterey County Herald In recent years, permissive parents and other adults have become a significant part of the problem, enabling underage alcohol and drug use through "social hosting," said Hanna Quinnell, a prevention coordinator at Sun Street's Seaside location. |
Little history of drug’s abuse locally – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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Little history of drug's abuse locally
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette FORT WAYNE – CRC Health Corp., the firm that has come under fire for its take-home doses of methadone, does not have a site in the Fort Wayne area. Locally, the Center for Behavioral Health operates a methadone clinic at 1414 Wells St. Patients there … |