Fearing Abuse, States Challenge FDA on Painkiller Approval
Fearing Abuse, States Challenge FDA on Painkiller Approval
Filed under: cocaine opioid addiction
Overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers have quadrupled since 1999, and now outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined. Zohydro is the first single-ingredient, long-acting product containing the semi-synthetic opioid … The use of … Read more on Stateline
Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug …
Filed under: cocaine opioid addiction
The man was asking for his keys moments later. Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Commissioner Patricia Rehmer said this spring that on average one Connecticut resident a day dies of a drug overdose, which also is the leading cause of … Read more on TheDay.com
RX Epidemic Memorial Foundation Collecting Pill Pottles for Memorial
RX Epidemic Memorial Foundation collecting pill pottles for memorial
Filed under: cocaine treatment goals
… The RX Epidemic Memorial Foundation. The RX Epidemic Memorial Foundation has a goal of collecting 36,500 empty pill bottles, representing the people who die each year from prescription drug overdoses. Photos courtesy Kyle Schalow. In the U.S., 15 … Read more on Toledo Free Press
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Filed under: cocaine treatment goals
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's highly publicized goal to recapture police stations and government buildings seized by pro-Russia forces in the east produced little action on the ground Wednesday but ignited foreboding words from Moscow. … The … Read more on State-Journal.com
FDA Approves User-Friendly Device to Reverse Opioid Drug Overdoses
FDA approves user-friendly device to reverse opioid drug overdoses
Filed under: cocaine addiction and symptoms
It comes a week after Governor Deval Patrick declared a public health emergency to combat the growing abuse of opiates and recent spike in heroin deaths in the state; his declaration allows police and other emergency personnel to carry Narcan, a form … Read more on Boston.com (blog)
The Internet Turned Kratom, a Medical Plant, Into an Oxy-Adderall Lovechild
Filed under: cocaine addiction and symptoms
A 2008 paper in the journal Addiction described a patient with chronic pain who successfully switched from injecting ground-up Dilaudid pills to drinking kratom tea, with minimal withdrawal symptoms. Ultimately, he suffered a seizure after taking … Read more on Motherboard
Ending It All by Their Own Hand: Corps Probes Marine Suicides
Ending it all by their own hand: Corps probes Marine suicides
Filed under: early stages cocaine addiction
Mentors use these meetings to look for six signs of trouble: disciplinary problems, relationship turmoil, substance abuse, money problems, mental health and social withdrawal. If a mentor decides that one of his Marines is struggling, … They hope to … Read more on Military Times
Cover Story David Fetzer's Last Act Page 1
Filed under: early stages cocaine addiction
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reported recently that the number of accidental prescription-drug overdoses in the United States has reached 16,500 per year—a small city of deaths—claiming more lives than illegal heroin and cocaine … Read more on Salt Lake City Weekly
Royal of the Day: Prince George
Royal of the day: Prince George
Filed under: cocaine addiction deaths
Prince George, Duke of Kent would probably take the gold home in a most-fun-at-parties-but-most-difficult-for-the-palace's-PR-department competition (before his death he was the current Queen's uncle). Born in 1902, the fifth child of King George V and … Read more on The Southland Times
Philip Seymour Hoffman autopsy ruled drug overdose of heroin and cocaine
Filed under: cocaine addiction deaths
Before his death, Hoffman separated from costume designer Marianne 'Mimi' O'Donnell, the mother of his three children, as he battled addiction. Hoffman moved into an apartment close to where Ms O'Donnell lives with the children in their $ 4.2 million … Read more on Daily Mail
Society's Favorite Drug Affects Us More Than We Think
Society's favorite drug affects us more than we think
Filed under: cocaine addiction after one use
Annual per-capita coffee consumption peaked after World War II at 46 gallons, dropping to 24 gallons in 2005. How is it possible that our jittery, … We — the 87% of Americans who ingest caffeine — boast about being “so addicted,” duck out during … Read more on New York Post
The true lives of low-level drug dealers: “What's the point of surviving if …
Filed under: cocaine addiction after one use
Remember that crazy time we took acid in Moab, that full moon on Molly in Thailand, that night you fell asleep in a park after a whole night of cocaine and car bombs in San Francisco? Duuuuude. And like the … At one point, he, his mom and his brother … Read more on Salon