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Death of Loveland woman likely from natural causes, coroner's office says
LOVELAND — The death of a woman who collapsed in the east-Walmart parking lot Monday morning likely was due to natural causes, a coroner's investigator says. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Zohydro: Why this new painkiller could spark another addiction epidemic
The company claims that acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, and 63 percent of these cases are caused by hydrocodone-acetaminophen combination drugs. Zohydro is meant to provide pain relief without …
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Prisoner's death ruled homicide
Shoup was going through alcohol withdrawal symptons while in prison and was agitated and uncooperative; Shoup's father told Hampton that Shoup was paranoid and hallucinating when he spoke to Shoup over a prison phone, Hampton said. Painter confirmed …
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Wodonga needs fighting fund for ice
Dr Sykes said he hoped a withdrawal unit would be funded for people to go to before entering Benalla's rehabilitation facility Odyssey House, Circuit Breaker. He said a combination of the two were need to treat the “heartbreaking” problem destroying …
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Number of Navajo homicides tops some metro areas
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — New FBI statistics show the vast Navajo Nation saw a sharp increase in the murder rate in 2013 and finished the year with 42 homicides, eclipsing major metropolitan areas with less space and far more people, such as Seattle and Boston. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Experts Warn Date Rape Drug Still Available On Utah Streets
(KUTV) A Cottonwood Heights party that was almost deadly on Sunday is raising concerns about a drug that hasn't been widely abused in more than a decade. Police found three young adults at the Pinnacle Highland apartment complex in critical condition after overdosing on GHB, commonly known as the "date rape" drug. … Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Zohydro: Why this new painkiller could spark another addiction epidemic
The company claims that acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, and 63 percent of these cases are caused by hydrocodone-acetaminophen combination drugs. Zohydro is meant to provide pain relief without …
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Experts Warn Date Rape Drug Still Available On Utah Streets
Officer Brian Eschtruth said the drug, which causes euphoria, relaxation and heightened sensual feelings, is easily accessible to young people. "It's popular among teenagers right now and college-aged students. It's a bad … Dr. Glen Hanson, director …
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Teen prescription drug abuse on the rise – As part of our ongoing Campus Journalists series, Cameron University student Kyle Bush takes us to the inaugural Medicine Park Trout Festival. This story air…

Audrey McFarlane Appointed to the Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse …
OTTAWA, April 28, 2014 /CNW/ – Today, Health Minister Rona Ambrose announced the appointment of Audrey McFarlane to the Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse (CCSA) Board of Directors for a three-year term. Ms. McFarlane is currently the Executive …
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The Ripple Effect of Substance Abuse (Creativity for a Cause) – Young adults talk about how their parents’ substance abuse has impacted them in their own lives. By Bethany Yates Song: “Breath In, Breath Out” by Between th…

Opinion: Tom Petri retirement, meth manufacturing
Meth, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, initially causes a rush of good feelings, but ultimately leads to users feeling edgy, overly excited, angry or afraid. It causes medical problems including extreme body temperature, severe …
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Pot Prohibitionists Will Have to Do Better Than Bill Bennett's BS
According to the headline of an essay by Beach and his boss, former drug czar Bill Bennett, in the May 5 issue of The Weekly Standard, they are also fighting "The Legalization Juggernaut," which presumably is moving with the tide. … As I note in my …
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