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When Relapse Turns Deadly: What You Need to Know About Drug Overdose

When Relapse Turns Deadly: What You Need to Know About Drug Overdose

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Most overdoses occur when multiple drugs are abused, most commonly alcohol, benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax, cocaine and heroin. Illicit drugs are often implicated in drug overdoses because their potency … He is CEO of Elements Behavioral …
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Man charged with deadly car drive on Calif. beach boardwalk was regular at day

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Of Local Interest

Of Local Interest

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Anyone with family members at the cemetery is ask to help with its upkeep. … Christian Women's Job Corp of Philadelphia, located at the Neshoba Baptist Center, is offering free Job/Life Skills and Computer training for all women each Monday starting Aug.
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Al-Anon Group Meetings – 8 p.m., first-floor conference room, Gritman Medical Center, 700 S. Main St., Moscow. Support and help to families who have been affected by alcohol addiction. Moscow Friday Night – 8 p.m., St. Mark's Episcopal Church, First …
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Family Turns Life Around After Drug Abuse

Family turns life around after drug abuse

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It's part of an effort to eradicate prescription drug abuse which is becoming the most prevalent form of drug abuse in the state and nationwide. Along that vein, a new Indiana law requires that caregivers must use INSPECT before prescribing, dispensing …
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Doctor's arrest for writing over M in addictive prescriptions highlights

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Prescription Drug Overdoses: Big Pharma Needs to Be Reined In

Prescription Drug Overdoses: Big Pharma Needs to be Reined in

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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

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HHS: Seniors Have Saved $7 Billion on Drugs Thanks to ObamaCare

HHS: Seniors have saved billion on drugs thanks to ObamaCare

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More than 6.6 million seniors have saved a total of $ 7 billion on prescription drugs because of ObamaCare, for average savings of more than $ 1,000 per person, according to HHS. The healthcare law gradually closes the Medicare "doughnut hole," which …
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Prescription Drug Abuse an American Epidemic

Prescription drug abuse an American epidemic

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According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control, American women are dying from drug overdoses and the misuse of drugs at an alarming rate. As a former judge who presided over a drug court, I have seen firsthand what addiction can do to …
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Weight Loss Drug Helps Curb Cocaine Addictions, Penn Study Finds

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