DRUG ABUSE SAD SLIDE SHOW.mov

DRUG ABUSE SAD SLIDE SHOW.mov – a video about the effects of drug abuse.

Studies downplayed risks of OxyContin and other opioids

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He was “trying to create a narrative so that the primary care audience would . . . feel more comfortable about opioids,” Portenoy said in a 2010 interview with Andrew Kolodny, the chief of a group seeking to rein in drug use, Physicians for Responsible …
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Codeine Abuse Spreading Like Wild Fire

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According to medical experts, codeine has become a favourite for many drug abusers because it is very easy to obtain either over the counter or through prescription at big from small medicine stores. They also cite reasons for using codeine include …
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Iowa children face greatest risk of abuse in their earliest years

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Autumn's teen years and early 20s were as tumultuous as her childhood, only this time she was the one with the revolving door of abusive boyfriends, the one who did drugs, the one who had her kids removed by the state. Again, she went through hell …
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