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Presciption Drug Abuse is a Growing Problem in SoCal Even Among the Youngest
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“The opiates can be passed through breast milk and there are dangers of opiate dependence in the child,” Damon Raskin, MD from Cliffside Malibu Rehab. And addiction experts insist just because it may be prescribed by your doctor – doesn't make it safe.
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911 Overdose Calls Not a Crime Under New Law
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“Fatal overdoses are mostly opiate related,” explains Hilary McQuie, the California Director for the Harm Reduction Coalition. Besides illicit drugs like heroin, this includes prescription pills (whether obtained legally or illegally), which are the …
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FDA Panel Calls for Greater Restrictions on Hydrocodone
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Jail for mum who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after leaving her baby …
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Saul Holt, for Nguyen, argued that she had had a tough upbringing, surrounded by drug users and traffickers, which led to a heroin addiction. He said Nguyen had been a good mother who had made "the mistake she will regret for the rest of her life''.
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Marc Spitz 'Poseur': Author And Playwright Dishes On New York's Music And …
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While rubbing shoulders with Courtney Love in the late '80s and running with "It Girl" Chloë Sevigny in the '90s, Spitz lived a dark existence characterized by fame-chasing, heroin addiction and post-punk debauchery that rivaled the antics of the …
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Police Bust Outlet For Medical Pot
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Task force hopes to cut down mothers using prescription drugs and having a …
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With the rise of people abusing prescription drugs, Bondi told says they noticed that pregnant women were also using opiates fueling the rise in cases called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. That's when a newborn suffers from withdrawal and other symptoms …
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Weeding Through Marijuana Facts and Fiction
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The only authorized source of marijuana for research is grown at the University of Mississippi and is controlled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which favors studying potential risks rather than benefits of cannabis. Cannabis' illegal status …
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Protesters explain the meaning of signs
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Question by Barack McClinton: How come no one finds it funny when you joke about hard drugs like meth or heroin?
Pot jokes are kind of corny and everyone agrees. And most people can appreaciate a cocaine joke as long as it has context.

But if you make a random joke about meth, people are angry about it. Why should be we feel sorry or feel sensititve about drug “addiction”?

And don’t tell me I don’t know. The police threw me in a “weed rehab” when I was a teenager.

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Answer by MissChe25
look.. ya got me.. me AND my kids “crack” up (pun DEFINATELY intended) about their crack head daddy..

he started on drugs when my kids was 3 and 4.. and he just got off officially for “good” (just does weed and alcohol now) about 2 years ago.. which means for about 16 years he was the town crack head…lol.. we chuckle about the things he use to do while high all the time…lol    Read more...

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Hospital launches run-therapy group for youth
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“Physical activity helps to reduce depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, while building self-esteem and developing coping skills,” said Laurence Wolfson, Osler director of Mental Health and Addiction Services. “In therapeutic groups, we teach …
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Opioids for Chronic Pain: Addiction is NOT Rare

Prescribers and the public have been misinformed about the risk of addiction when chronic pain is treated with opioids. This has led to overprescribing of opioids and the worst drug epidemic in US history. Even when taken as directed, patients receiving long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain can become addicted.

Psychiatrist, Jennifer Serrentino MD recently updated her blog talking about …
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Parents, friends, law enforcement, and government officials are taking steps to try and curb the continued rise in popularity of these substances, more generally referred to as opiates or opioid drugs. Despite these attempts to reduce use, opiate …
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Marin doctor pioneering the use of new painkiller for chronic pain, says it's …
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