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Colleges are the Wrong Place for Drug Abuse – But So is Anywhere Else!
I’ve been seeing a lot of news articles about how much drug use there is on our college campuses. Many people are somewhat used to campus alcohol use – whether it’s good or not, heavy alcohol use has...
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Opiates, Opioids and the Veterans Administration
There seems to be a lot of conversations about prescription drugs these days and that’s a good thing. We have been developing a serious problem related to abuse of prescription drugs for several years...
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Will Zohydro Become the Next “OxyContin”?
There’s a new painkiller on the market. It’s called Zohydro. It offers a new formulation for those in pain: 100% hydrocodone. Of course, there were already hydrocodone painkillers on the market. They...
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Not Just Suburban Families Suffering from Painkiller Addiction
For the last several years, the mainstream media has been reporting on the way that painkiller addiction has been working its way into the homes of people who never would have used an illegal drug....
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Are There Really Opiates in Every Town in America?
It seems like everywhere you look these days, there’s news about opiates. This is both good and bad. It’s bad because this means there are so many opiates in circulation that people need to be notified...
View ArticleTeens, Young Adults and Opiate Addiction: How Does it Start?
It’s a terrible thing, but far too often these days, when a teen or young adult overdoses on an opiate drug, the parents didn’t even know there was a problem. Or maybe they did know there was a problem...
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Neurologists Don’t Think Painkillers Should Be So Common
Over the course of the past few years, we have seen an explosion in the rate at which doctors in the United States are prescribing prescription painkillers. Medications including hydrocodone (known...
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Will “Non-Addictive” Painkillers Help Prevent Drug Abuse?
The past several years have seen an appalling trend, as massive numbers of Americans have become addicted to opiate painkillers. Hydrocodone (Vicodin) and oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet) are at the...
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Most Americans Aren’t Aware Their Painkillers Contain Opioids
Opioids are a group of drug substances that are highly potent, highly addictive and highly dangerous. Opioid drugs are derived from the resin in the seed pod of the Asian poppy plant, and include...
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