Compulsory Detention for Drug Use Undermines Treatment in Laos
Compulsory detention for drug use undermines treatment in Laos
“Drug addicts cause trouble, discord, and loss of family and lineage reputation, destruction of health, lives and property in the family,” says Article 13 of the law, which stipulates that members of society – especially family members – have a …… Continue reading
More States Focusing on Prescription Drug Problem – USA TODAY
More states focusing on prescription drug problem – USA TODAY
|
More states focusing on prescription drug problem USA TODAY Avi Israel has been a frequent and vocal advocate since 2011 for tackling the growing problem of prescription drug abuse, including testimony in 2012 before the U.S. Senate Caucus on… Continue reading |
More States Focusing on Prescription Drug Problem
More states focusing on prescription drug problem
Avi Israel signs a pledge board for a campaign to raise awareness about prescription drug abuse Oct. 9 in Buffalo. His son committed suicide in 2011 while addicted to pain pills. (Photo: Don Heupel for USA TODAY) A growing number of states are… Continue reading
Prescription Drug Abuse Now More Deadly Than Heroin, Cocaine Combined
Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
More people are dying in the US from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more… Continue reading
Rx Drug Donation System Hopes to Grow
Rx Drug Donation System Hopes To Grow
The high cost of drugs hits low-income and uninsured Americans the hardest, resulting in nearly 25% of uninsured people not taking their prescription drugs as recommended in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Turner … Read more on… Continue reading
How Can a Doctor Prescribe an Antidepressant to a Pregnant Woman, Knowing the Risks to the Fetus?
Question by Bumblesnortapus: How can a doctor prescribe an antidepressant to a pregnant woman, knowing the risks to the fetus?
First, let me clarify some things. I am 100% pro-choice. I also work in the medical field and am well aware that a developing fetus is basically, a parasite inside… Continue reading