Data Shows Prescription Drug Abuse Problem
Data shows prescription drug abuse problem
The statistics, provided to Oklahoma Watch in response to an open records request, also show that many medical professionals do not routinely check the PMP's online database before writing or refilling scripts. Under current law, they are not required …
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Complex, Not Degenerate Souls
Complex, not degenerate souls
Most alluded to those who abuse drugs as individuals lacking moral principles, who could rid themselves of their dreadful habit by simply opting to change their behaviour, as former US first lady Nancy Reagon had suggested in the 1980s, by just saying …
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Prison: The New Mental Hospital
Prison: The New Mental Hospital
It wasn't his first time getting out of the big house; he told me, when we spoke recently, that he's spent between 16 and 20 years of his life behind bars for drugs and other nonviolent felonies, such as burglary. He couldn't be …. Four… Continue reading
Experts: Heroin Is a Public Health Crisis
Experts: Heroin Is A Public Health Crisis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) –In the aftermath of the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, some experts say the heroin problem is now an epidemic — both nationally and here in Minnesota. Hoffman was found dead in his New York City … “Some people progress… Continue reading
I Have to Find Addiction Treatment Centers in Holtsville, New York, for People With Prescription Drug Addictio
Question by aja np: I have to find addiction treatment centers in Holtsville, New York, for people with prescription drug addictio
This is because my cousin is an ambien addict and I would like to help her get herself treated, if only by finding a treatment center for her. I… Continue reading
More Pregnant Women Being Stripped of Their Rights
More pregnant women being stripped of their rights
In July 2013, Alicia Beltran was arrested, shackled and confined by court order to a drug treatment center for 78 days after she refused a doctor's orders to take an opiate blocker. Beltran had confided to medical staff at a prenatal checkup… Continue reading