How a Painkiller Poster Boy Turned His Life Around
How A Painkiller Poster Boy Turned His Life Around
Filed under: drug abuse websites
But bored teenagers and anyone else who wanted to experience a more intense high discovered a simple technique that allowed them to get around the drug's extended-release system — a system advertised as a safeguard against abuse and addiction. As … Read more on Huffington Post
For my dad, legal marijuana would be real medicine to treat chronic pain: As I …
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Homicidal, Psychotic and Legally Sold a Gun: Bloomberg Opinion
Homicidal, psychotic and legally sold a gun: Bloomberg opinion
Filed under: chronic drug abuse
Oh, and with a drug and alcohol problem. You are … Having observed her daughter's agitation, Delana said she called Odessa Gun & Pawn on June 25, and alerted an employee to her daughter's chronic mental illness and current suicidal state. She asked … Read more on The Oregonian
The 10 types of ER patients
Filed under: chronic drug abuse
More Marijuana Means Less Cocaine Consumption?
More Marijuana Means Less Cocaine Consumption?
Filed under: chronic methamphetamine use
Methamphetamine consumption dramatically increased during the first half of the decade and then declined, but researchers did not have enough information to make a credible estimate of the drug's use from 2008 to 2010. Heroin use was fairly stable … Read more on Science 2.0
Policies not followed after Calif. inmate death
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Senator Ed Markey to Team Up With Chris Herren to Talk Heroin Abuse
Senator Ed Markey to Team Up With Chris Herren to Talk Heroin Abuse
Filed under: treatment for methamphetamine addiction
… Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, to examine "approaches to reduce overdose deaths from prescription drugs and heroin, including expanding access to drug treatment, and the use of naloxone – a lifesaving overdose … Read more on BostInno
Methadone, methamphetamine seized in Boyle County drug arrests
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Heroin: America's Silent Assassin
Heroin: America's Silent Assassin
Filed under: cocaine fact sheet
These figures include previous heroin users now abusing prescribed meds, in addition to older chronic pain patients, and the numbers actually exceed those for heroin and cocaine combined. These trends piggyback on international drug market dynamics … Read more on Daily Beast
Demaryius Thomas: the Raider days
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Tyeshia Smith is a senior, and a regular atop the West Laurens score sheet. "I wouldn't be playing sports if it wasn't for my … The two kids were split up once their mother, Katina Smith, was sentenced to serve 20 years on charges of conspiracy to … Read more on 13WMAZ
Spokane County Survey Finds Homelessness Is Outside the Box
Spokane County survey finds homelessness is outside the box
Filed under: medical uses of meth
The difference takes into account the likelihood that the chronically homeless person would use more publicly funded medical services and end up in the criminal justice system more frequently. “Housing … They are trying to get money for beer or meth.”. Read more on The Spokesman Review
Skyrocketing heroin use in Central Oregon
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Alcohol & Substance Abuse : Mental Side Effects of Methadone
Alcohol & Substance Abuse : Mental Side Effects of Methadone – Methadone is a treatment designed to help people with chronic pain relief or with the treatment of narcotic addiction, and the side effects include discomfor…
More beer money could go to alcohol, substance abuse
Filed under: alcohol and substance abuse
… a bill that passed the Utah House on Thursday. Rep. Jack Draxler's HB40 would require that counties and municipalities that get money from the proceeds of beer sales spend at least 10 percent of the money on alcohol-and-substance-abuse prevention. Read more on Salt Lake Tribune
Is It Dangerous to Mix Suboxone and Methadone?
Question by Adrian: is it dangerous to mix suboxone and methadone?
Best answer:
Answer by Mathieu
Yes it could cause you (or someone else) to go into severe physical withdrawal rather than causing a high. It would also be extremely dangerous, both buprenorphine, the opioid in Suboxone and especially methadone have higher mortality rates than most other opioids.
Is Pain Amplified by Being in a Tired State?
Question by Kristoffer: Is pain amplified by being in a tired state?
I’ve got a root canal bright and early in the morning, around 7:00 AM. I work night shifts and I just got done with tonight’s shift. I’ve got a hour and a half drive ahead of me before I can hope to get some sleep. I’m debating staying up throughout the night to get to the appointment on time. I’m well rested from the previous night.
The question:
Is the nervous system is more susceptible to pain if I am half asleep?
Thanksgiving With Crack Instead of Family
Thanksgiving with Crack Instead of Family
Filed under: crack addiction symptoms
This post is part of a collaborative narrative series composed of my writing and Chris Arnade's photos exploring issues of addiction, poverty, prostitution and urban anthropology in Hunts Point, Bronx. … between stress-related disorders and drug … Read more on Scientific American (blog)
Heroin Has Taken Root In Chautauqua County
Filed under: crack addiction symptoms
After being somewhat overshadowed by crack cocaine in the 1980s and 1990s, the drug has rebounded significantly in the past decade, with many finding solace in its ability to "numb" chronic pain and emotional trauma. "There's an interesting theory … Read more on Jamestown Post Journal