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US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
More than 15 million people around the world have substance abuse issues, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, health officials say the abuse of prescription drugs is worsening and that deaths from prescribed painkillers have increased to more than 16,000 a year. They are calling for greater use of inexpensive and effective medications to treat what they are calling …
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Oregon State Medical Examiner released 2013 drug-related death stats
Oregon — Oregon State Medical Examiner Dr. Karen Gunson released 2013 drug-related death statistics reflecting one fewer death from last year and a near 7 percent drop from 2012 when deaths reached their highest level since 2000. Preliminary drug-related death statistics showed the lowest number of Cocaine-related deaths and highest number of Methamphetamine-related deaths since 2000. Drug …
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Md. Man Missing After Dive Trip in Indonesia
Md. man missing after dive trip in Indonesia
An executive at east Baltimore's Turning Point Clinic is missing after a dive off the coast of Indonesia last week.
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DEA Drug Take-Back Collection Site Locator Now Available
DEA Drug Take-Back Collection Site Locator Now Available
1.3 million emergency department visits in 2010 were related to prescription drug misuse or abuse. Approximately 50 percent of teens believe prescription drug abuse is safer than abusing street drugs and …
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Almost 10,000 a day on methadone, Minister reveals
Almost 10,000 addicts a day are using methadone.
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Couple enter plea in infant's death
PHILIPPI – A Belington couple accused of feeding their 23-month-old child methadone – the substance that allegedly caused the infant's death – entered guilty pleas in Barbour County Circuit Court Tuesday.
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The war on drugs faces new threat: heroin
He found the heroin pipe near the children’s swingset.
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Former UK Drugs Advisor to Speak At”Dream Drug” Heroin Treatment Centre
Former UK drugs advisor to speak at”dream drug” heroin treatment centre
Professor David Nutt says naltrexone can allow heroin addicts “live a normal life”.
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Grand jury charges 12 in pill ring; Knox County probe ‘significant’
A Knox County grand jury this week indicted a dozen people who investigators say were part of a pill-trafficking ring that moved prescription drugs from Florida to Ohio. The indictments include five people from Columbus and a Mount Vernon man who detectives think organized the drug ring.
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Fairfax Mother of Young Heroin Addict: ‘There Were Clues. but We Had No Clue.’
Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’
Two mothers’ stories — of a son who died and of a son who is trying to live — highlight a growing scourge in Virginia.
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Mother 'Gave Child Throwing a Tantrum Lethal Dose of Methadone'
Mother 'Gave Child Throwing a Tantrum Lethal Dose of Methadone'
Police has formally placed the woman under investigation, after a forensic test revealed that her two-year-old son, Miró, died of an overdose of a synthetic opioid. Genoa prosecutor Alberto Lari said that the woman and her partner – Miró'step-father – possibly gave the drug to the child as he was "throwing a tantrum". Earlier this this week, as forensic results were made public, the woman and …
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2 plead guilty in W.Va. toddler's methadone death
A Belington couple accused of giving a toddler methadone to make her sleep have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
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