Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Points to Broader Opioid Drug Epidemic

Philip Seymour Hoffman's death points to broader opioid drug epidemic
But the actor revealed last year that, after being clean for two decades, he suffered a relapse into heroin use after first taking prescription pills. “The main driver of overdoses right now in our country is from opioid medications, … Gil …
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When A Prescription For Pain Pills Becomes A Gateway To Addiction
Prescription painkillers are just as deadly as street drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, they kill six times more people each year than heroin does. … And while there may be some doctors who knowingly …
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Cigarette smoking is an addiction, not a habit
In the U.S. alone, more than 1,300 people die every day from regular doses of cigarettes, according to the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking, released last month. More than 20 … The report adds that 10 times more “U.S. citizens have died …
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The Uffizi's Secret Mass Grave
But when workers started to prepare for a new elevator for the famed Uffizi gallery in Florence late last year, they had no idea they would find a mass grave from 1,500 years ago. In all, more than … “And the position of the bodies, head to foot with …
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CHOOSELIFE WALES MOUNTAIN RECOVERY WALK — Chooselife Wales “Mountain Recovery Walk” June 2013 Penyfan Mountain in the Brecon Beacons this week played host to 332 people who were all taking part in th…

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