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Prescription Drug Abuse Now Biggest Global Menace

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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FDA Panel Sets Stricter Rules on Vicodin Dispensing

FDA panel sets stricter rules on Vicodin dispensing

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According to Rehab International, as many as 2 million people in the United States are addicted to Vicodin, with 23,000 of those individuals using the drug strictly for recreational purposes. Vicodin abuse in the U.S. has quadrupled within the last …
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Local Marijuana Laws Conflict With National Policies Worldwide

Local Marijuana Laws Conflict with National Policies Worldwide

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National drug policy still classifies pot as a Schedule I drug, along with heroin, ecstasy and LSD, with “no currently accepted medical use in the United States” and “a high potential for abuse.” That has left the Obama administration nothing but tough …
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What Are the Types of Drug Treatment Programs?

Question by bernice np: What are the types of drug treatment programs?
I was just wondering about the varieties of drug treatments available and would like to know what they’re called.

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Better Late Than Never, Major League Baseball to Test for HGH During Season

Better late than never, Major League Baseball to test for HGH during season

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A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory from Montreal will conduct the random tests for HGH, a substance which is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States as a treatment for sport injuries and is banned by …
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Drug Shortages Hamper MDR-TB Treatment

Drug Shortages Hamper MDR-TB Treatment

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Shortages of so-called second-line drugs have lead to treatment delays, lapses, and interruptions, as well as the use of inadequate regimens, the agency reported in the Jan. 18 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Health agencies were forced …
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