Prescription Drug Overdoses: Big Pharma Needs to Be Reined In

Prescription Drug Overdoses: Big Pharma Needs to be Reined in

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

Cliffside Malibu comments on the need for pharmaceutical companies to take responsibility for spiraling drug addiction rates. … Addiction to prescription drugs has reached epidemic proportions and is making mortality rates skyrocket at frightening …
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Thursday Roundup: Heroin's Scourge

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

… outlets noting the rise in heroin use in rural America. Formerly thought to be an urban drug, the opiate is showing up in small towns as a replacement for prescription narcotics, which are harder to get as states crack down on pain-pill abuse …
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Stimulant-Related Emergency Department Visits Rise 300 Percent Among

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Newswise — A new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that some drug-related emergency department visits increased by 300 percent — from 5,605 visits in 2005 to 22,949 visits in 2011. These visits …
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