Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
The New York Times published a feature highlighting all the “no-names who passed away” from heroin use, and recovering heroin addict Russell Brand wrote an op-ed in The Guardian skewering “extremely stupid drug laws … Arrest Research Project and an …
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Drug abuse threatens Punjab’s population
The Indian state of Punjab is in the grip of a drug abuse crisis. Surveys indicate that more than half of all rural households are home to at least one drug addict, a problem most severe along the Pakistan border. Manish Khular, an 18-year-old school …
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Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
Around 30 individuals meet every Thursday night in Lafayette in order to gain support and healing in battling an addiction. Ironically, some of these people initially contracted their illness from someone they went to for help: their doctor. Narcotics …
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America’s Most Abused Drugs (Mental Health Guru) — From alcohol and cigarettes to prescription painkillers, many addictive drugs exist. Watch this to learn the most common. http://mental.healthguru.com/
Philip Seymour Hoffman Death Could Point to RX Drug Abuse Link to Heroin
The death of Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in New York points to a possible link between heroin use and prescription drug abuse. Hoffman's cause of death has not been confirmed but authorities say both heroin and prescription painkillers were found with …
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WVU Law Review symposium to focus on prescription drug abuse
The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will feature a select group of experts examining a range of topics including policy, liability and sentencing guidelines related to prescription drug abuse in West Virginia and beyond.
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Drug use in Denton County
In 2011, an estimated 22.5-million Americans, aged 12 or older (or 8.7-percent of the population) had used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from …
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