Push Is on to Expand Users of Overdose Drug

Published April 12, 2014

Push is on to expand users of overdose drug

Filed under: health effects of drug abuse

The drug is Naloxone — better known by the brand name Narcan — which binds to the opioid receptors in the brain and reverses the drug's effect within minutes, stopping a potentially fatal overdose. Narcan is … It's a public health crisis,” Coluzzi … Read more on The Intelligencer

4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America

Filed under: health effects of drug abuse

Almost any prescription drug can be abused, but these two are the big killers: Opioids and benzodiazepines. Opiods are psychoactive chemicals that resemble morphine or other opiates in its pharmacological effects, and are most commonly found in pain … Read more on Care2.com

Doctors enlisted to ban legal highs

Filed under: health effects of drug abuse

… drugs deemed to pose a low risk of harm. But the Health Ministry can ban approved products based on reports of adverse effects provided to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) and the National Poisons Centre. Advertisement … Little … Read more on TVNZ