Prescription Drug Abuse Now Biggest Global Menace

Published February 4, 2013

Prescription drug abuse now biggest global menace

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Deadly prescription drug addiction has become a serious menace globally. Findings announced on Sunday show that prescription overdose rate has reached epidemic levels in New York city as fatality rate for white males is 3 times higher than for blacks.
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Community 'heads up' on drug–abuse clinic plans sought in Pa.

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But it also has a long track record of helping patients fight illicit drug addiction. During the Wednesday hearing, lawmakers took great pains to make it clear they want to make sure substance abusers have a place to get well. "What they don't finish …
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Jonathan Green | Drug Justice

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Addicts, unable to purchase opiates legally or seek medical help for their criminalized illnesses, were forced to resort to crime to pay for their drug dependencies. The problem grew substantially during the Cold War, when the CIA aligned itself with a …
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