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Illicit Prescribing in Florida Suffers Welcome Setbacks but the Problem Just Moves to New States
published on February 20th, 2012 at 01:32 PM
It used to be that Florida had the reputation as the country’s leading “pill mill” state. That means that it was the place to go if you wanted a large quantity of addictive pain medication to abuse or sell. But after years of debate and planning, state lawmakers have finally enacted laws with enough teeth to put many of the state’s rogue pain clinics out of business.A year or so ago, the Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA) was able to confirm that 90 out of the top 100 oxycodone (the active ingredient in OxyContin pain pills) purchasing doctors in the Read more...
Could Whitney Houston’s Death Have Been Caused by Drugs Given to Treat Addiction?
published on February 14th, 2012 at 01:32 PM
News media report that benzodiazepines plus other drugs were found in her hotel room after her death. But ironically, “benzos” are often given to recovering addicts in conventional drug treatment facilities. With the death of superstar Whitney Houston on February 12, 2012, the world lost another talented, beautiful individual. Ms. Houston died in her bathtub at the Beverly Hills hotel, just a few hours before she was to appear at Grammy celebrations.Enough was known about her death to rule out the idea of harm at someone else’s hands. She was found all alone. But as has Read more...
New Methamphetamine Laws May Be Best Efforts to Curb Drug Abuse but Drug Addicts Will Always Find a Way
published on February 6th, 2012 at 01:32 PM
Each time laws make methamphetamine manufacture difficult or impossible, domestic cooks or drug cartels find ways to circumvent the laws so they can continue to provide meth addicts with the drugs they seek. Time after time, legislators make their best attempts to curb methamphetamine abuse by trying to legislate away the problem. But time after time, the business of making and selling methamphetamine just changes shape to keep up with the changes. This pattern started back in 2004 when domestic methamphetamine production ran rampant across the US, especially the West and Midwest. As there were no Read more...
Alcohol Abuse, Drunk Driving Higher Around Holidays
published on January 19th, 2012 at 01:32 PM
For some people, holidays present higher dangers for drunk driving but for others, every day is dangerous. Around the holidays, more people tend to drink than usual and this results in more people being on the road in an intoxicated condition. Around the US, law enforcement agencies have wised up to this phenomenon and use public service announcements to try to convince people not to drive after drinking. Still, more than 10,000 people each year lose their lives in an alcohol-related traffic accident so the job is far from over. According to the National Read more...
Substance Abuse Problems Among Older Americans Means More Seniors Need the Help Narconon Arrowhead Offers
published on January 13th, 2012 at 01:32 PM
Most people know that it’s the young who consume most of the alcohol and illicit drugs. But they may not know that one of the fastest growing trends is toward higher levels of substance abuse among older Americans. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 4.8 million Americans who are 50 and older are currently abusing prescription drugs or illicit drugs. This constitutes 5.2% of this population. If you add alcohol, the estimate rises to 17%, per the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Seniors have their own unique challenges plus some that Read more...
Heroin Abuse Spreads its Damage Far and Wide in Griffen Kramer’s Death
published on January 4th, 2012 at 01:32 PM
Griffen Kramer’s heroin overdose in October 2011 broke many more hearts than just those of his immediate family. Dozens of people in at least ten families must struggle with the aftermath of his overdose. It’s the call no parent ever wants to get: “Your child has died of a drug overdose.” In October 2011, this was the call received by Erik Kramer, the former quarterback for the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears. The victim was his son Griffen, dead from a heroin overdose.Griffen was out partying with friends the night of October 30th. They stopped Read more...
Media Gets Worked Up Over The Mythical Vodka Tampons But Real Kids Are Getting Addicted To Alcohol In High Numbers
published on December 21st, 2011 at 01:32 PM
It could be argued that the media has a responsibility to keep the public informed. In that capacity, they began to spread the story in November 2011 that young people were using vodka tampons tampons that had been saturated with vodka - to get drunk. The report seems to have started with a Phoenix policeman acting as a school resource officer in a local high school. It was seconded by a medical doctor in the local hospital. The report stated that “all” the kids were using vodka tampons and not just in Phoenix, but nationally.The point of Read more...
Narconon Arrowhead Provides Essential Advice on How to Keep a Person from Dying Due to Alcohol Poisoning
published on December 21st, 2011 at 01:32 PM
While it may not be possible to prevent young people from drinking, whether they are of legal drinking age or not, it is possible to prevent person from dying from alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning is not just “being drunk.” It is an overdose of alcohol that either causes a person to stop breathing or creates conditions (such as vomited material that is inhaled) that cause death. It can happen that the friends of a young person who has drunk too much may put the person to bed, thinking that he or she will just “sleep it off.” What happens instead is that Read more...
Un-prescribed Adderall College Use Continues to Climb
published on December 20th, 2011 at 01:32 PM
In efforts to achieve focus better, study longer hours and achieve higher grades, college students across the U.S. are reaching for prescription drugs that were not prescribed for them. As the trend has spread out over the country over the last decade or more, news media from The Today Show to college newspapers have run exposés and features on the drug abuse. Ritalin, its sister drug Concerta and Adderall are the top drugs normally mentioned by students. All are stimulants that can cause wakefulness and increased focus for the person who wants to study late at night.
Alcohol Threatens Young People Who Fail To Understand Its Potential To Kill
published on December 18th, 2011 at 01:32 PM
Once upon a time, alcohol was seen as a medicine. It has been used as a stimulant, an analgesic, and as a vehicle for dispensing herbs to the sick. In today’s world, alcohol is, for more than 18 million Americans, a recipe for disaster. These Americans are classified as dependent on or addicted to alcohol, based on annual phone surveys. This doesn’t mean that they were asked if they were addicted, it means that they were asked if they had various characteristics. A “yes” answer to enough of those characteristics put them in the dependent/addicted category.

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