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Knowing the Risk of Addiction to Oxycodone, Should Teenagers Be Given This Medication?

Question by pmuzzy58: Knowing the risk of addiction to oxycodone, should teenagers be given this medication?
A friend of mine and I were discussing the recent deaths of a few celebrities. We looked online to see how many have passed before their time from drug addiction and alcoholism. I was stunned to find out how may recently have died and most of them were from a prescription addiction to oxycodone or oxycontin. A friend’s teen had surgery lately and I warned the mother to ask for another pain killer because of knowing the rate of addiction to oxycodone. She said that she wasn’t concerned and that her son would be all right. I relate my personal family history of drug addiction.

This Former Heroin Addict Has Some Serious Lessons to Teach You About Life

This Former Heroin Addict Has Some Serious Lessons To Teach You About Life

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"I was watching a Christian program, sitting there dealing drugs.. and all of a sudden — it wasn't like a voice booming at me — but something was just like 'You need to get in,'" Pops says. "The only thing I thought about was the fact that …. A …
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Colorado Drug Rehabilitation Centers | Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation in Colorado


 

Colorado Drug Rehabilitation Centers | Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation in Colorado – http://alcoholrehabincolorado.net Colorado Drug Rehabilitation Centers residential center addresses drug, alcohol, and prescription drug dependency by utiliz…

 

Connecticut Nightclub Shooting Kills Woman, Hurts 5

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From Hopeless to Home

From hopeless to home

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She fled from Utah to Casper with their four children. But he found them. He beat her so severely she stuttered for a year, and still sometimes does, … She's spent the past year working through the mission's Christian-based programs for addiction …
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Why Insurers Cancel Policies, and What You Can Do When It Happens

Why insurers cancel policies, and what you can do when it happens

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1, insurers can no longer reject people who are sick or charge them more than the healthy under the Affordable Care Act. They must also beef up policies to meet minimum standards and add benefits, such as prescription drug coverage, maternity care and …
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How Do Help a Loved One Who Is Addicted to Pain Medication?

Question by Name?: How do help a loved one who is addicted to pain medication?
How do you help a loved one who is addicted to pain medication? I have tried putting this person into a Free center for drug free living but it is just a bunch of crazies in there because it is FREE! we cannot afford a real treatment program. Is there another way around this?