Prescription Drug Abuse at Epidemic Levels
Prescription drug abuse at epidemic levels
Filed under: prescription drug abuse
Omaha, NE – The abuse of prescription drugs is at “epidemic” levels in Nebraska and around the country, and some doctors here are calling for better tracking of pain medicine to keep it out of the wrong hands.
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Norberg Case Expected to Go to Jury Tuesday
Norberg case expected to go to jury Tuesday
Filed under: drug addiction news 2008
She found a total of 15 psychiatric diagnoses, including depressive, anxiety and pain disorders; dependence on opioid drugs such as oxycodone; and obsessive-compulsive, histrionic and narcissistic personality traits, she said. Her evaluation included a …
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Prescription Drug Deaths: Two Stories
Prescription drug deaths: Two stories
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"The problem we're dealing with with prescription drug abuse is having to balance those patients (who abuse prescription drugs) and those millions of patients that benefit from these medicines because they have a need that they and their physicians …
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Findings Show PAACE Effective in Reducing Drug Use
Findings show PAACE effective in reducing drug use
Filed under: drug addiction statistics
The first statistic noted was the Drug Severity Index. Minor explained this figure was based on the level of drug use and the severity of the drugs involved. As an example, if it was found half the young people surveyed used marijuana, a community who …
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La Paloma Treatment Center – Drug Alcohol Substance Addiction Abuse Rehab Recovery
La Paloma Treatment Center – Drug Alcohol Substance Addiction Abuse Rehab Recovery – www.lapalomatreatment.com Here’s a quick glance at the services provided by La Paloma Treatment Center in Memphis, TN, providing treatment for drug alcohol substance addiction abuse withdrawals detox recovery
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Red Tape Fiasco Ensnares Far Rockaway Drug Treatment Center – Sending 150 …
Red tape fiasco ensnares Far Rockaway drug treatment center – sending 150 …
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A state agency fiddled while the Rockaways burned. And 150 drug-addicted criminals were set free into the chaos of post-Sandy New York. That was the final option for the people who run the Daytop Village substance abuse treatment center in Far Rockaway …
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