Kentucky Case Seeks to Hold Oxyxcontin Makers Accountable
Kentucky Case Seeks to Hold Oxyxcontin Makers Accountable
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The Kentucky Attorney General's Office won a court ruling pushing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma back from federal court to Pike County, which is in the heart of the Appalachian region where drug abuse is rampant and where the litigation originated …
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Cocaine intoxication was 'major factor' in woman's death, coroner says
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Because of that uncertainty, the official cause of the 35-year-old woman's death was listed as "undetermined." At the request of LAPD officials, the coroner had kept its autopsy results … Hours before she died, Thomas, who suffered from bipolar …
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Canada needs strategy to deal with opioid overdoses, workshop hears
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The Ontario government removed the prescription painkiller OxyContin from its drug plan last year, saying increased rates of opioid prescribing had contributed to widespread addiction and opioid-related deaths. The province estimated 50,000 people were …
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Schools say no to old drug programs
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The last time specialists saw such a high percentage of kids using drugs was in the early 1980s, said Dr. Wilson Compton, the director of the division of epidemiology, services and prevention research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. … at the …
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Factors of Drug Addiction | Narconon – Narconon Admissions Counselor, DannaSue, explains briefly what are the factors (causes) of drug addiction and what you should be watching for. For more info about the drug rehab program, visit www.narconon.org