Would you know if someone was addicted to prescription drugs? (Shutterstock)
Would you know if someone was addicted to prescription drugs? (Shutterstock)
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in the United States. According to the most recent data gathered by Trust for America's Health, deaths involving prescription pills have quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, and more than 6 million people in the …
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DEA Asks Public To Report Prescription Drug Abuse Through Text
Drug Enforcement Agency Encourages Text-Reporting Of Illicit Narcotic Activity. As America fights a prescription drug abuse epidemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration in Atlanta is testing a new text-message reporting system for illegal sales and use.
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Study: Ohio teens' painkiller abuse cut nearly in half
Communities have also installed prescription drop boxes, including several paid for by The Enquirer, to help people securely throw out old medications. Lawmakers are continuing to consider a package of bills aimed at curbing abuse, while leaders hope …
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Women Who Sought Treatment for Drug Addiction at Caron Treatment Centers …
WERNERSVILLE, Pa., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Heroin and prescription drug addiction are on the rise among affluent women, reveals a new survey from Caron Treatment Centers, a leader and nationally recognized non-profit provider of …
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Prescription Drug Abuse PSA by @RyanRstar — Prescription Drug Abuse PSA by @RyanRstar Prescription Drug Abuse / PSA Video. From the public domain. Most people take medicines only for the reasons their …
I’m trying to find out if a friend gave me the right pills. They are called Oxycontin.?
Question by Julia S: I’m trying to find out if a friend gave me the right pills. They are called Oxycontin.?
They are round, brownish, with G 196 on the pill. Are these oxycotten?
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Answer by Maxiebedeeps
No, you narc. Way to tell everyone ever that you’re a huge crackhead!
Answer by crzyanl
Why on earth would your friend be giving you pills. Unless that friend is a doctor with a prescription pad, both of you have broken the law.
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Seizure Drug May Help Some Heavy Drinkers Cut Alcohol Use
… and it was well tolerated," lead author Henry R. Kranzler, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia and director of the school's Center for Studies of Addiction, told Medscape Medical …
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"SPIT'IN ANGER: Venom of a Fatherless Son" Documentary Premieres in NYC
The absence of fathers from the lives of their children and the weakened ties of commitment between father and son is a central cause of many of our worst individual and societal problems, such as, juvenile delinquency, drug and alcohol abuse, and …
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Governor: Colorado pot market exceeds tax hopes
The proposal outlines plans to spend some $ 99 million next fiscal year on substance abuse prevention, youth marijuana use prevention and other priorities. The money would come from a statewide 12.9 percent sales tax on recreational pot. Colorado's …
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i have an addiction to food ! HELP ME?
Question by dancer1994=]: i have an addiction to food ! HELP ME?
all i do all day is eat, doesnt matter if im hungry or not i just WANT food. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give me some advice on what to do… nothing about eat more filling foods or yada yada yada, it doesnt matter if im full or not, i just want to eat. please help me im terrified of becoming fat, im beocming very depressed because i feel like i have NO controll.
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Answer by Jesus K
Eat at checkers
Answer by Me
thats why because you are depressed. you can eat a lot just eat it in small quantities that will help a lot like salads etc.
Philip Seymour Hoffman's death prompts discussion of food addictions
"How could he not get the help he needed for his kids' sake?" While we all know he tried, but there is something in the brain that keeps calling back the addictive behavior. So what about you? What food are you so addicted to that you just can't stop …
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Facing Cape Cod's drug addiction crisis
And from the politicians who spoke of helpful legislation; as well as from the stories of treatment professionals, who as of this school year have been invited into schools to offer nearly full-time counseling to students and families. The event, held …
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Super morbidly obese women
Her weight continued to climb and as a young adult, Penny found herself to be over 400-lbs and admitted to having a food addiction. Her sisters Christina and Angela say they believe Penny's distorted relationship with food began in childhood, when they …
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Indiana Senate OKs drug testing for some welfare recipients
It would require all welfare recipients to be screened for drug addiction and would put nutritional requirements on food stamps to keep recipients from buying junk food. Appointees … "We're just trying to get people help who might have an addiction …
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what are the symptoms of prescription drug abuse and the signs ?
Question by need to know: what are the symptoms of prescription drug abuse and the signs ?
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Answer by dcrc93
happy,sleepy.care free
depends on what kind?
Answer by cleocat
what kind of prescription drug??? narcotics, amphetamines, sedatives all have different manifestations.
Suicide warning signs: Red flags to watch for in loved ones
People who are already suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, alcohol or substance abuse, borderline or antisocial personality disorder, anxiety, or impulsive anger may be at a higher risk, the researchers noted. Furthermore, a personal history …
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Panel discusses issue of heroin in collar counties
Parents, a few students, drug abuse treatment caregivers and several Lake County residents who lost a loved one to heroin overdose listened quietly as Lunardi and the rest of the panel delivered hopeful, as well as sobering, messages. Although they've …
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Lethal Overdoses Increase as Patients Mix Opioids and Benzodiazepines
We should expect our health care professionals to recognize signs of drug abuse (and the vast majority do), to know our medication history and the potential for harmful drug interactions. Reducing addiction and dependency on strong opioids and …
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Friends common source of abused meds
Friends common source of abused meds Associated Press | 0 comments. CHICAGO — Most people who abuse addictive prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives, while drug dealers are a relatively uncommon source for those at …
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Need drug abuse help please?
Question by 16 year old: Need drug abuse help please?
I am a 16 year old kid, and I smoke weed probably every 1 – 2 days. I have been doing so for the past 7 months. I want to quit and live life like how it used to be.. Things are so much different when you smoke weed every time you want to do something. My weed dependence makes everything look so much more dull. I remember my life before i ever smoked, and everyday i felt so much more alive and happy with doing the littlest things. Me and my friends would run around in ninja costumes and make funny videos, now we sit there and watch tv until the next high comes along. Smoking weed has caused me to make tons of other bad decisions also, such as magic mushrooms, cough medicine, dramamine, and ecstacy (once and it didn’t work). All I want is to be sober all of the time, I CANNOT do it cold turkey, or at least i can assume that. I am going to start smoking cigs to help me quit my weed habit. Soon after that I will quit smoking. Should I quit smoking weed? Or should i enjoy it while im young?
Best answer:
Answer by Pat K
STOP!
You KNOW your life was better without it and a lot SAFER too, because of the rest of those bad decisions.
DO NOT start smoking cigarettes, thinking they will help! They will make it worse and that habit is actually harder to stop.
What you REALLY need is some NEW FRIENDS!
This group has turned into a bunch of bummers. Get out of there and find some people who enjoy REAL life! If you fill you life with activity and fun you will no longer desire the weed and will move on to a more mature and fulfilling life.
Good For YOU!!!!! Now GO!!!!!!!!
Answer by newbee
dont og to cigs they are worse on your health than weed and way harder to quit….go totally cold turkey..join a youth program at a local church..join a support group for addiction recovery and do it now before u waste the youth of your life on getting high and ruining your body forever…get a partime job, go hang at walmart and play new games go to game shops and play them there..go hang at the mall and cinema..just go places and hang with your friends or make totally new ones if they dont want to get off the juice. talk 2 ur school counselor to get into a help program!
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NFL: Super Bowl a gamble for many
HOPEline: This statewide, toll-free hotline, 1-877-8-HOPENY (846-7369), offers confidential support for people battling alcoholism, drug abuse and problem gambling. The 24-hour service is operated by clinically trained professionals providing treatment …
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Maine human trafficking bill wins heartfelt support of police, women's groups …
The department is currently helping one woman who was sexually abused as a child and suffers from drug addiction, he said. … “These pimps, not only do they beat [their victims] up, they'll get them hooked on drugs. … Destie Hohman Sprague, program …
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Heroin Epidemic: Man's suspected overdose death shines light on treatment …
"What we do in addiction treatment now is treat you and discharge you and treat you and discharge you, so every time you need help again, you basically have to start over from scratch," Delos Reyes said. And each time a patient "starts over," that …
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DeCarr sentenced in sex abuse, animal neglect case
Other conditions include staying away by a minimum of 1,000 feet from schools, no use of pornography or other sexually stimulating materials, no patronizing of porn shops, submission to random searches of his car and residence, no use of telephone sex …
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is this a sign of drug abuse?
Question by …………….: is this a sign of drug abuse?
i am seeing signs of drug abuse from my cousin she is always calling people up to give her money she is losing her teeth also.i confronted her on this and she denied it then told my uncle that i confronted her.
because i am tired of her using peoples money for whatever it is she is getting.i am leaving well enough alone does this sound like drug abuse to you??? thank you
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Answer by POLISHSANCEHZ
hah
Answer by Holly Golightly
Probably.
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Child sex trafficking on rise in Clark County
Expecting to uncover a drug ring, instead they found evidence of human trafficking. Chapman and … In 2010, Linda Smith, former congresswoman and founder of Shared Hope International, successfully championed a bill to more than double the sentencing …
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Harry Out With Cressida
Her story sheds light on three disturbing trends that the Pentagon would rather keep quiet: a culture of drug abuse among service members, the use of ill-prepared young informants to infiltrate that culture, and a pattern of sexual assaults that lead …
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Pharmacists, guardians of drugs, sometimes steal them
Though few of the state's nearly 6,000 licensed pharmacists have been caught diverting drugs, the problem makes up a large proportion of cases handled by the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board. Of 64 pharmacists the pharmacy board took action against …
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