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Drug Addiction- Prescription?

Question by TommyBBaLL: Drug Addiction- prescription?
My brother is addicted to oxy contin and has been for the passed 7 years. He has messed up repeatedly, and always comes up with a new bullshit story to explain to my mother and stepfather. They have known about his addiction… Continue reading

North Korea’s New Drug Addiction – GlobalPost

North Korea’s new drug addiction – GlobalPost

North Korea's new drug addiction
GlobalPost
A North Korean guard post, seen from a South Korean observation tower in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on December 23, 2011. Reports of rampant recreational drug use of amidon are trickling out… Continue reading

Opiate Epidemic Leads Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to Declare Public

Opiate epidemic leads Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to declare public
"The recent roundtables I have held around the state have made clear that there is no one solution to cure this problem. We need to bring together science, medicine, public health and law enforcement to comprehensively address this epidemic… Continue reading

Is My Friend on Drugs? Im Really Worried.?

Question by mary g: Is my friend on drugs? Im really worried.?
My best friend is really smart and in good moral standing, but lately she has been acting realllly weird. She is usually a fairly reserved person, but for like the past month she is really… Continue reading

Editorial: N.J. Drug Addiction Study Underscores Deadly Problem Facing State

Editorial: N.J. drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
as well as expansion of mental health and substance abuse programs in county jails. Gov. Chris Christie is to be commended for his efforts to keep nonviolent drug offenders out of those jails, instead directing them toward drug courts and… Continue reading

Editorial: N.J. Drug Addiction Study Underscores Deadly Problem Facing State

Editorial: N.J. drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
The report offers an array of recommendations to help stave off the grim statistics that in 2012 showed … in an effort to dispel that myth that prescription drugs are somehow “safe.” Preventing addiction to legal painkillers can forestall use… Continue reading

Editorial: N.J. Drug Addiction Study Underscores Deadly Problem Facing State

Editorial: N.J. drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
Starting with the first sentence of its report on a two-year study of New Jersey’s drug problems, the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism … the grim statistics that in 2012 showed more than 8,300 admissions to state-licensed or substance abuse treatment… Continue reading

Sources for Prescription Drugs Often Come From Friends and Family

Sources For Prescription Drugs Often Come From Friends And Family
Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, the new study emphasizes the need for mitigation efforts that target physicians' prescribing habits – particularly for individuals at highest danger for overdose. “Many …
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Editorial: N.J. Drug Addiction Study Underscores Deadly Problem Facing State

Editorial: N.J. drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
Starting with the first sentence of its report on a two-year study of New Jersey’s drug problems, the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse doesn’t mince words … problem is his insistence that addiction is not a choice or… Continue reading

Drugs and Youth to Be a Top Policing Priority This Year

Drugs and youth to be a top policing priority this year
In his 30 years on the Burin Peninsula, in various policing capacities, S/Sgt. Edgecombe said he has seen the evolution of drug use in the region move from marijuana and hashish, to cocaine, with a period for a while… Continue reading