Prescription Drugs

Why Do People Want Marijuana Legalized?

Question by Jacob S: Why do people want marijuana legalized?
I don’t understand this at all. Who could want this stuff legalized? Marijuana smokers are 6 times more likely to get lung cancer than tobacco smokers, and marijuana is highly addictive (look at the statistics, more teens are in treatment for marijuana addiction that all other drugs combined). According to studies done by Dr. Gabriel G. Nahas, marijuana can cause irreversible brain damage and destroys brain cells. Why would anyone want this horrible narcotic to be legal?

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New Hampshire's Addiction to Prescription Drugs Higher Than National Average

New Hampshire's addiction to prescription drugs higher than national average

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Prescription pain reliever abuse among ages 18-25 in New Hampshire is still well above the national average and the average in other Northeast states, according to the report, “Prescription Pain Medication Misuse.” About 12.3 percent of people ages 18 …
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Options limited for getting clean

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Second Murder Retrial Ordered in Southwestern Illinois in Wake of Judge's

Second murder retrial ordered in southwestern Illinois in wake of judge's

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Cook has resigned, pleaded not guilty, attended drug rehab in Minnesota and awaits a trial scheduled for Dec. 9, though his attorneys have said recently in court that Cook may plead guilty before then. One of Cook's attorneys, Thomas Keefe III, has …
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Voice of the People, Nov. 04

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Innovative Treatments Are Helping Patients Achieve Sobriety at Drug Rehab

Innovative Treatments are Helping Patients Achieve Sobriety at Drug Rehab

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Drug Rehab Dyersburg has seen a large influx of patients seeking help for addiction to prescription drug medication. Drug Rehab Dyersburg counselor Jennifer R. says the amount of patients addicted to opiate-based pain killers, such as Oxycodone and …
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Doctors Hear of Horrors of Epidemic of PrescriptionDrug Addiction

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Why Is Drug Addiction Considered a Disease?

Question by fraucarlson: Why is drug addiction considered a disease?
I have a psychological disorder I was born with and inherited. I have a hard time equating what I have as similar to a drug addiction. I didn’t choose my path. So can someone explain to me why it’s considered a disease?

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Answer by KIM!!
I guess because addictions are mental disorders. When someone is addicted.to something they really cannot stop. Stopping means they suffer. It hurts them physically to be without their drug. Because their brain has been convinced that they NEED this drug, alcohol, or food to survive. But I certainly understand why you would be frustrated when you have a disease that you were born with.

Antirheumatic Drug Use Before Surgery Did Not Increase Infection Risk

Antirheumatic drug use before surgery did not increase infection risk

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“The current practice of recommending discontinuation of immunosuppressive drugs for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis [RA] before an elective surgery may be overly cautious.” Bernard Ng. Ng and colleagues used VA databases from 2000 to 2009 to review …
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Celebrity endorsements enable addiction

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It feels like I can't watch a television show, go online or read a magazine without seeing an advertisement for prescription drugs (America and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world where direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription …
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