cocaine overdose

Not-So-Quick Fix

Not-So-Quick Fix

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(Nationwide, more Americans die from overdosing on prescription painkillers than on cocaine and heroin.) That reality has made buprenorphine—an opioid partial agonist that can relieve withdrawal symptoms without producing the same high or dangerous … Read more on LA Magazine

 

Know Your Enemy

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Increases in the use of cocaine, crack cocaine, and prescription medications make us wonder about the fight's effectiveness. However, there are some positive results. A 2012 … According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), there was a 402 … Read more on courierjournal

As Pills Killed Kids, Florida Shrugged

As pills killed kids, Florida shrugged

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He overdosed at 13. His 9-year-old sister said she saw Seth grab seven to nine of his mother's Xanax pills the day he died. The prescription drug epidemic took hold of Florida in ways big and small. Pain doctors asked few questions as they dispensed … Read more on Bradenton Herald

 

Parenting from prison: The collateral damage of harsh mandatory sentences

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Editorial | Cracking Down on Abuse of Pain Pills

Editorial | Cracking down on abuse of pain pills

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So it was when University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died from a cocaine overdose in 1986. So it may be with actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose death last month coincided with government statistics showing a rise in heroin use and overdose … Read more on Centre Daily Times

 

Drug Sweep Targets 25 Suspects

Drug sweep targets 25 suspects

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Crack cocaine comes in a close second at 11. Those drugs … Mack, according to court records, had in his pant pockets three large baggies containing 166 individually wrapped packages of cocaine with a street value of $ 6,560 as well as $ 2,840 in … Read more on Butler Eagle (subscription)

 

Is Cocaine Really That Bad?

Question by : Is cocaine really that bad?
All my life everyone had told me not to do drugs and how “addictive” they are. But to me it doesn’t seem like some are. Cocaine, for example. I know people, who do cocaine. They are normal teenagers, they go to school and some are even in academic classes. My friend, told me he does cocaine about twice a month. If it’s so addictive, wouldn’t he need to do it every day? Soo my question basically is, is it even addictive?

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Vulnerable Croydon Woman Died After Taking Heroin With Friends

Vulnerable Croydon woman died after taking heroin with friends

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A VULNERABLE woman who passed out and started vomiting after taking heroin died – after her friends delayed calling an ambulance. Troubled Nykysher Wedderburn slumped unconscious into her chair after taking heroin and crack cocaine on top of a dose of … Read more on Croydon Advertiser

 

Nineteen People Indicted for Conspiracy to Traffic Heroin, Crack Cocaine, and

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Page – Overreacting to Celebrity Drug Deaths

Page – Overreacting To Celebrity Drug Deaths

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So did the Reagan-era war against crack cocaine and other drugs in the 1980s following the shocking cocaine overdose of rising basketball star Len Bias. Every heroin death is tragic, … Unfortunately, heroin also is a lot more dangerous. Lacking the … Read more on Ponca City News

 

Camden police chase down man, arrest him for drug possession

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New Wave of Heroin Claims Hoffman and Others

New wave of heroin claims Hoffman and others

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Medical examiners have not made an official determination of the cause of the 46-year-old actor's death, but police have been investigating it as an overdose. Hoffman was found in a bathroom with a syringe in his arm. Authorities say a number of … Read more on Daily Journal Online

 

Marijuana Gets a Show of Support on Capitol Hill

Marijuana gets a show of support on Capitol Hill

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In the letter, the members wrote: "You said that you don't believe marijuana is any more dangerous than alcohol: a fully legalized substance, and believe it to be less dangerous 'in terms of its impact on the individual consumer. This is true … Read more on Kansas City Star

 

Campus: Neurochemical advantage?

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David Stern Retrospective: The 30 Biggest Moments From the Commissioner's 30

David Stern retrospective: The 30 biggest moments from the commissioner's 30

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The league was criticized for its failure to help players battling addiction and for waiting so long to crack down. … 2 pick Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose months later, the Suns were torn apart by a drug scandal in the late 1980s, and Stern … Read more on SB Nation