Abusing Pain Drug Opana Can Cause Blood Disorder: FDA

Published November 5, 2012

Abusing pain drug Opana can cause blood disorder: FDA
Filed under: cocaine abuse damage
(Reuters) – People who abuse the prescription pain drug Opana ER by injecting it into their bloodstream risk developing a serious blood disorder that could result in kidney failure or death, U.S. health regulators warned on Thursday. Opana, a powerful … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study
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But their report rejects any more radical move to legalisation, saying that allowing the legal sale of drugs such as heroin or cocaine could cause more damage than the existing drugs trade. The commission is chaired by Dame Ruth Runciman with a … Read more on The Guardian

State Marijuana Legalization Would Hobble Mexican Drug Cartels, Study Finds
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