When 270 tired evacuees from remote Kingfisher Lake landed in Ottawa last summer to escape forest fires, the prescription drug addiction epidemic that has a grip on their community came with them. Soon after settling into Algonquin College, which they called home for about 10 days, dozens of the evacuees began experiencing symptoms of withdrawal from the oxycodone-containing prescription drugs ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men on methadone treatment for drug addiction were more than twice as likely to be involved in a traffic accident as the general population in a new study from Norway. The researchers looked at two and a half years' worth of data on drug prescriptions and on motor vehicle accidents, and found that among the roughly 2,500 people prescribed methadone for drug addiction ...
Sarah Barden, 21, of West Bloomfield, Mich., put her mother, Jeannie Barden, “through hell” as a drug-addicted teen. Now Jeannie is helping other parents avoid the mistakes she made in missing the signs of addiction.
Just a few days ago, Oprah Winfrey's ' Oprah's Next Chapter ', the signature new show on her OWN network, premiered with Steven Tyler as the focus for the two hour show. The intimate interview was broken down into several parts and Tyler spoke candidly about his past relationships, his children, his career with Aerosmith and his drug addiction. The theme of drug abuse is woven throughout the ...
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