Boss Fires Employee With Drug Problem

Boss Fires Employee With Drug Problem – Boss Fires Employee With Drug Problem Fed up with an employee’s percocet addiction and repeated drug use, a boss delivers a verbal smack down.

Peru seeks to prevent drug use among college students

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The survey, which was published by the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) and presented in the nation's capital earlier this month, reported 29.2% of drug users showed symptoms of abuse or addiction. Of all of the drugs consumed by college students, …
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Addiction to prescription drugs kill

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The second drug problem is not so visible. It involves legal drugs misused or used carelessly. The legal drugs are opioids and include such familiar names as codeine, morphine and oxycodone. Simply put, they are painkillers, often prescribed to manage …
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Lundbeck gets EU nod for new drug to fight alcohol addiction

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Denmark's Lundbeck has won European approval for the alcohol dependence drug Selincro (nalmefene), a new approach to fighting addiction which it had in-licensed from Finland's Biotie. But don't expect to see it in the U.S. anytime soon. The drug is an …
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