prescription drug abuse

Tom Hardy: 'Drug Abuse Nearly Killed Me'

Tom Hardy: 'Drug abuse nearly killed me'
Hardy now refers to his battle with drugs as a “near-death experience” and insists a stern warning from a friend brought him back from the brink of self-destruction. He tells Esquire magazine, “I was a shameful suburban statistic. I was told very… Continue reading

Overdoses Mounting in the Mountains

Overdoses mounting in the mountains
Law enforcement and health officials across Western North Carolina increasingly are seeing similar cases, and a recent national study suggests prescription drug abuse has hit the Appalachian mountain region harder than other areas of the country …
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Libs, Why Do You Consider Unflattering Facts About homosexuaIs to Be Examples of Bigotry?

Question by : Libs, why do you consider unflattering facts about homosexuaIs to be examples of bigotry?
Higher rates of AIDS, venereal disease, mental illness, child abuse, drug abuse, etc.

A fact is fact, isn’t it?

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Answer by Domino
Some of you have judging for God… Continue reading

Drug Addiction Killing Too Many

Drug addiction killing too many
I'm going to start this letter with my empathy for the parents, siblings and loved ones of those addicted to opiates. I include the large variety of legal pain management medications along with heroin. Abuse is killing too many – more than any other …… Continue reading

Australian Pharmacies Prepare to Stock a New Version of OxyContin That Is

Australian pharmacies prepare to stock a new version of OxyContin that is
Chemists have been warned their shops could be robbed by drug addicts desperate to get the last supplies of the old OxyContin tablets — also known as hillbilly heroin — so they can crush it for injection… Continue reading

Prescription of Psychiatric Drugs to Female Inmates Probed

Prescription of psychiatric drugs to female inmates probed
When separated by region, the prescription rate jumps to almost 75 per cent in prisons such as the Nova Institution for Women in Nova Scotia, the Joliette Institution for Women in Quebec and the Fraser Valley Institution for Women in British Columbia… Continue reading