prescription drug addiction

Many Docs Still Don't Understand Opioid Dependence

Many Docs Still Don't Understand Opioid Dependence

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A total of 1000 Americans between the ages of 26 and 49 years filled out the online survey between January 2 and January 7, 2013, as did… Continue reading

Obamacare and Conservative Self-Delusion

Obamacare And Conservative Self-Delusion

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Since the law contains dual mandates that most individuals must obtain health insurance coverage and most employers must offer it by 2014, "the effect on employment is probably zero or… Continue reading

RCMP Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse With a Dropoff

RCMP help prevent prescription drug abuse with a dropoff

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According to a 2009 study, a fifth of students from Grades 7-12 have used a prescription drug without a doctor's prescription. Often they were stolen,… Continue reading

More Medical Help, Education, Needed for Painkiller Addiction

More medical help, education, needed for painkiller addiction

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The B.C. Coroners Service's preliminary report is another indicator of how serious our province's prescription painkiller addiction problem has become. The fact that use and… Continue reading

Lily's Place to Soothe Infants Born Addicted to Drugs

Lily's Place to soothe infants born addicted to drugs

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Sara Murray, a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit at Cabell Huntington, said she has seen a dramatic increase in babies with neonatal abstinence… Continue reading

Key Witness in Norman Moffatt Murder Trial Admits Drug Addiction

Key witness in Norman Moffatt murder trial admits drug addiction

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During her second day in the witness box under cross-examination by Arthur Harvey QC, counsel for the defence, Ms Brown admitted that she was addicted… Continue reading