Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Rise in Heroin Use
Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
Police and addiction treatment professionals … a former U.S. attorney in Alexandria, Va. and deputy attorney general. “At the same time, many of us involved in drug policy from the 1980s onward saw heroin on the decline for a long period.”
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Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The Times offers a very simplistic analysis of America’s drug dependence. As an emergency room physician, I see many chronic-pain patients who “run out” of their allotted opiates and then run to an emergency room. I am sometimes threatened with …
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Growing prescription drug abuse in India says UN report
Prescription drug abuse is growing in India and is a serious problem in South Asia, according to a UN report which said drugs enter the region’s illicit markets through various channels, being diverted from India’s pharma industry and smuggled from …
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Prevalent Use Of Drugs Among Youths
The consequences of drug abuse among Nigerian youths have become a stigma of a morally bankrupt, decadent and wasted generation that must be revitalised and collectively salvaged in order to prevent total degeneration and loss of our societal values and …
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West Salem High School students urged to break silence on drug abuse
Ron Putnam, whose 21-year-old daughter died of an accidental heroin overdose two years ago, urged West Salem High School students Thursday to speak up if they suspect their peers are abusing drugs. “I know you all think you're young and strong and …
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No, Diet Coke Is Not Encouraging Drug Abuse
You can always tell the difference between genuine concerns about drug use and anti-drug hysteria by how upset someone is at the possibility that someone, somewhere, might feel pleasure at something other than the righteous feeling you get when you eat …
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