Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) is one politician who continues to hold onto outdated, dangerous conceptions of drug use. LePage will reportedly reject a bill increasing access to a lifesaving anti-overdose drug out of the absurd idea that its increased …
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Drug abuse threatens Punjab’s population
The Indian state of Punjab is in the grip of a drug abuse crisis. Surveys indicate that more than half of all rural households are home to at least one drug addict, a problem most severe along … We are doing our best but I know the problem is serious …
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Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
Around 30 individuals meet every Thursday night in Lafayette in order to gain support and healing in battling an addiction. Ironically, some of these people initially contracted their illness from someone they went to for help: their doctor. Narcotics …
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Data shows prescription drug abuse problem
The PMP is an online database designed to flag patients who seek multiple prescriptions for painkillers and other narcotic drugs … a patient’s prescribing history before filling the order. Bureau officials said checking a patient’s history requires …
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Abu Dhabi party host arrested for drug abuse after death of his guest
ABU DHABI // A man summoned by police to provide information about a friend who died was arrested for drug use, the Appeals Court heard on Tuesday. A K, from Palestine, was arrested 23 days after hosting a housewarming party at his new flat on Al Reem …
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Pills a Gateway to Heroin, Officials Say
Prescription drug abuse is a worse problem in the United States than heroin use, federal drug officials said Tuesday, and they said painkillers could be a gateway drug for most heroin users. The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent …
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