Teen trippin' on ADHD drugs can be a real downer

Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.

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"Altogether, there are 518 people charged in the case, a state police officer said at a news conference in Lexington" on October 29, 2009.

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"Police officers fanned out . . . in Eastern Kentucky . . . to begin arresting alleged drug dealers in the culmination of a major investigation of interstate pill smuggling" on October 28, 2009.

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Does the United States military have a problem with soldiers using heroin due to troops being stationed in Afghanistan where the drug is readily available?

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New scientific study promises hope to cocaine addicts with vaccine-like shots....

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The Number of Interesting Conclusion

In a fairly recent publishing of research data compiled by the University of Michigan and its colleagues concluding a thirty year study of students extra cirricular drug use,i.e.

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HOW can you get a faster high from sustained-release pain pills like OxyContin? Let me count some of the ways.

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Gillispie checked himself in the John Lucas After Care Program in Houston, Texas according to a September 8, 2009 report by WKYT, Lexington, Kentucky's CBS television affiliate.

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CASA's own study refutes one of the biggest arguments made by prohibitionists to keep pot illegal. Is it really for the kids?

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Dr. Conrad Murray's Las Vegas country club mansion and his office, Global Cardiovascular Associates, were searched on Tuesday, less than a week after investigators entered the cardiologist's clinic and a nearby storage facility in Houston.

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Proposed law would ban new clinics from dispensing pills, limit locations.

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Ever since P. S. Drugs posted notice it will no longer fill certain prescriptions for out-of-state visitors, the staff has seen a daily procession of would-be customers arrive at the door, then turn around and leave.

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Florida's medical examiners recently reported that prescription medicines caused more deaths in 2008 than illicit drugs. The medical examiners also reported sharp increases in deaths caused by prescription tranquilizers and painkillers, such as Oxycodone and hydrocodone.

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Five students from countries stretching from Norway to Tanzania to Colombia are back home telling friends of a different America than they expected. They expected to spend a high school year immersed in the culture and joys of America. Now a U.S.

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Jackson family lawyer Brian Oxman said: "He feared somebody wanted to kill him. He was even concerned people would kill him to somehow try to take control of the Beatles back catalogue."

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Jets linebacker Calvin Pace has been suspended for four games following violations of the NFL's performance enhancing drugs policy and will not be permitted to return until the October 4th game against New Orleans.

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In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it decriminalized the use and possession of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, LSD and other illicit street drugs.

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Nurse Jackie

What do nurses think about Nurse Jackie. I saw the premiere episode and liked it. The show bills itself as "dark comedy." Evidently there is controversy in the nursing world over Jackie's drug use and sex.

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People can't buy heroin or cocaine online, but a few clicks of the mouse gets them darned close.

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A Bakersfield man accused of eating his 4-year-old son's eyeball has a lengthy criminal record, including a child abuse conviction.

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Police say 34 year old Angelo Mendoza bit an eyeball out of his four year old son's face and ate it. The boy had numerous bites to his hands and his eyes were swollen shut. Details Emerge About Abuse:

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"Regardless of how you try to explain to people it's a 'war on drugs' or a 'war on a product,' people see a war as a war on them. We're not at war with people in this country." - Gil Kerlikowske

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Many Somalians who have migrated to Britain urge the country to make the drug khat illegal. It is already illegal in many countries, including the United States.

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ADD & ADHD Psychiatric Drug Treatment -- Investigation Needed!

There is so much controversy over whether or not children/adults should be prescribed with psychiatric drugs (like Ritalin®, Adderall®, Concerta®, etc.) for treatment of attention, behavior or learning problems (ADHD), or be treated the holistic, nutritional, or medical way (w …

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ADD and ADHD Psychiatric Drugs Truth (Mislabeling and Mind-altering)!

If a child has one or more of the following attention/behavior problems, they will more than likely be diagnosed as having the psychiatric made-up "behavior disorder" term "ADHD"(Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) and prescribed a mind-altering drug, like Ritalin, Adderall …

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Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report.

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