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Prescription Painkillers Are Leading Americans into Drug Addiction

Posted on December 2, 2011 in Prescription Drug Addiction

A medicine created to ease discomfort and help people get control of their life again is now the very thing that is taking control of people’s lives and causing them harm. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 15,000 Americans died from prescription painkiller overdoses in 2008. In less than 10 years time, the number had tripled from 4,000 in 1999. These overdoses now exceed the ones caused by cocaine and heroin combined.

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Xanax Detox: Can I Do It Myself?

Posted on December 1, 2011 in Prescription Drug Addiction

Xanax is a benzodiazepine prescribed for the treatment of anxiety, insomnia, muscle spasms, and convulsions. Xanax works rapidly and has a relatively low level of toxicity on the human body when used in the short-term. Xanax ceases to be effective after just a few weeks or months of use and is incredibly addictive.

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The Fear of Addiction Leads to a Call for Tighter Monitoring of Prescriptions

Posted on November 25, 2011 in Prescription Drug Addiction

While prescription drug addiction is skyrocketing around the globe, officials of the Department of Health are looking for ways to monitor the increasing epidemic.

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Investigation Finds Medicare Patients Abusing and Dealing Prescriptions Drugs

Posted on November 24, 2011 in Prescription Drug Addiction

A new national report is confirming the extent of the prescription drug abuse epidemic taking place in the U.S. after reviewing the government’s own health care program. As many as 170,000 Medicare recipients have been classified as prescription drug abusers or dealers, otherwise known as ‘doctor shoppers,’ based on the findings of the report.

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Addiction Medicine Group Discusses Repercussions of Legalizing Marijuana

Posted on November 22, 2011 in Marijuana Addiction

This fall, the California Medical Association publicly endorsed the legalization and consequent government regulation of marijuana for all 50 states. In doing so, the group became the first medical society within the profession to advocate decriminalization of marijuana use.

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Teens Helping Other Teens with Substance Abuse Decrease Their Own Cravings

Posted on November 20, 2011 in Adolescent Drug Abuse

A recent study funded by the John Templeton Foundation observed 195 adolescents who underwent substance abuse treatment to study the relationship between the 12-step adolescent program during treatments, clinical outcomes and their lifetime religious factors. The findings were replicated in prior collaborative studies by Dr. Maria Pagano, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine.

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Prescription Drug Abuse in Newborns

Posted on November 17, 2011 in Prescription Drug Addiction

An estimated 20 percent of people in the United States have taken prescription pills for non-prescription use. This problem of prescription drug abuse is a growing epidemic.

While many believe that prescription drug abuse only affects the addict, it is important to realize friends and families are affected – and unfortunately, they aren’t the only ones. Newborn babies are suffering from their mother’s addiction. In 2010, Florida reported that 635 of the births that year were to newborns that were already addicted to prescription pills.

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White Teens Have Double the Rates of Drug Addiction as African-Americans

Posted on November 14, 2011 in Adolescent Drug Abuse

A new study of alcohol and drug use by teenagers found that African-American teens were less likely to be abusing drugs and alcohol than non-Hispanic whites. The group with the highest rates of abuse and addiction was Native American.

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Man-Made Marijuana May Cause Heart Attacks

Posted on November 12, 2011 in Marijuana Addiction

Synthetic marijuana may be causing heart attacks among teenagers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.

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Majority of Opioid Painkiller Abusers Do Not Receive Medical Treatment

Posted on November 11, 2011 in Prescription Drug Addiction

The United States is in the middle of a prescription drug epidemic that stems mostly from opiate pain killers. But who exactly are the people abusing these drugs? Is there a pattern of abuse?

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