Prescription drugs becoming a too common crutch

Prescription drugs becoming a too common crutch

Filed under: Maryland Drug Abuse

According to an ongoing study at the University of Maryland, 10.8 percent of students nationwide have used prescription stimulants in nonmedical situations over the past year and 35.6 percent of students surveyed have used them at least once in their …
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Stopping the 'doctor shopping'

Filed under: Maryland Drug Abuse

Addiction to opium-based, prescription pain medications — called opiate or opioid drugs — is surging across Maryland and the United States. And it's not teenagers or 20-somethings who are the primary abusers. At least, young people not the primary …
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The God Who Stays One's Hand

Filed under: Maryland Drug Abuse

As a kid, Drum remembers stealing his father's toluene—a solvent that Drum's mother had abused while Drum was in utero—sparking an addiction that he would struggle with throughout the rest of his life. … about a molester living in the neighborhood …
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Why Did the FDA Approve a New Pain Drug?

Filed under: Maryland Drug Abuse

… to abuse—and is every bit as potent and addictive as other opioids. And there is no version of Zohydro ER meant to keep people from crushing or chewing the drug, though Zogenix is working with Altus Formulation, of Montreal, to craft an abuse …
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