Heroin: Part One of a Three-Part Series
Heroin: Part one of a three-part series
Filed under: cocaine abusers
Talk to any addict and you'll hear the same thing — it was all about the high. “The high is awesome,” said Andy Price (whose name has been changed to protect his identity), a local 26-year-old who has been drug-free for four months. Price started … Read more on Coastal Point
SMPSO taking back unwanted prescription drugs
Filed under: cocaine abusers
According to a 2011 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on Drug Use and Health, twice as many Americans regularly abused prescription drugs than the number of those who regularly used cocaine, hallucinogens, … Read more on KATC Lafayette News
Unwanted Prescription Drugs Can Be Discarded at Environmental Fair This Saturday
Unwanted prescription drugs can be discarded at Environmental Fair this Saturday
Filed under: cocaine abuse vs dependence
National Drug Take Back Day is slated for Saturday, April 26. Officials will be … Emergency room visits involving abuse of prescription or OTC drugs increased 21% from 2004 to 2005 and nearly half of the patients under the age of 20 had abused DXM … Read more on Idaho State Journal
Study suggests marijuana not as benign as many think
Filed under: cocaine abuse vs dependence
Shereda Finch, executive director of Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence) in Montgomery, said when a younger person uses marijuana, their brain is just not developed yet and the drug will have … Read more on Montgomery Advertiser
Drug Take-Back Day Is April 26 at Healdsburg Police Station
Drug Take-Back Day Is April 26 at Healdsburg Police Station
Filed under: cocaine abuse its effects
The Healdsburg Police Department is participating in the sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, April 26 at police headquarters. Take-Back Days allow the public to help prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of … Read more on Patch.com
Drug Take-Back is April 26 at Travis AFB
Filed under: cocaine abuse its effects
Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high–more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and … Read more on Patch.com
Morning Brief — March 27, 2014
Morning Brief — March 27, 2014
Filed under: ottawa senators cocaine abuse problem
Former Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber has no problem turning the jets on Prime Minister Stephen Harper for abusing taxpayer's money by using the government's airplanes for Conservative party business and repaying only a fraction of the cost. “I think … Read more on iPolitics.ca (subscription)
Friday Links: Fancy New Headgear
Filed under: ottawa senators cocaine abuse problem
[Deadspin]; Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was recently arrested for a DWI and, having a history of prescription drug addictions, checked into rehab. The Indianapolis Star and different national media outlets covered his struggle with addiction in … Read more on St. Louis Game Time
Man With 'Serious Substance Abuse Problem' Sent to CBCF
Man with 'serious substance abuse problem' sent to CBCF
Filed under: treatment available cocaine addiction
A Willard man who possibly was intoxicated when he possessed cocaine will be held in jail until he can be transferred to a locked-down substance abuse treatment center. Cory D. Mathias, 26, of 842 S. Myrtle Ave., was out on bond before Thursday's … Read more on Norwalk Reflector
Surviving High: The cost of addiction
Filed under: treatment available cocaine addiction
Heroin, by today's standards, is a cheaper drug when compared to prescription drugs, crack and cocaine, she said. Prescription … Statistics from WDAC show nearly twice as many people are being treated for heroin addiction than alcohol addiction. “We … Read more on Uniontown Herald Standard
If Bill Before Alaska Legislature Passes, a Clean Drug Test Could Get You in …
If bill before Alaska Legislature passes, a clean drug test could get you in …
Filed under: cocaine abuse at work
For workers' compensation claimants, the use of prescription drugs, and in particular, opioids can lead to addiction, increased disability or work loss, and even death. It has been estimated that at least 200 deaths per year are the result of opioids … Read more on Alaska Dispatch
The toddler who survived, and a cop who became mom
Filed under: cocaine abuse at work
"She taught me what it was like to hope and to truly trust; if ever in life I didn't think things would work out, I could trust her, and I would just put all my trust in her and she would get me through to the other side." By April 15, 1984, Jaffe … Read more on Honolulu Star-Advertiser