Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Staff and wire reports NEW YORK — Sales of the two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in Georgia and elsewhere, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who cite an addiction epidemic. AP Sales of the nation's two most ...
Painkiller addiction: Is it really an epidemic?
Los Angeles Times
By Alexandra Le Tellier Prescription painkillers are growing in popularity in new parts of the country, according to a new Associated Press analysis that has experts sounding alarms of a new addiction epidemic. “Pharmacies, hospitals and physicians ...
Painkiller sales soar across U.S., fuel addiction
Coshocton Tribune
That represents aa drop of 13 percent from the 2010 dispensing figures, according to data provided by the Ohio Pharmacy Board and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug AddictionServices. NEW YORK -- Sales of the nation's two most popular ...
Chris Klein: My Dog Helped Me Face My Alcohol Addiction
People Magazine
The 33-year-old star, who is reprising his role as Oz in American Reunion, believes the beloved dog he adopted in 2008 helped him realize his problem with addiction – which he sought help for at Cirque Lodge in Utah after being busted for a second DUI ...
Summary Box: Painkiller sales soar, fuel addiction
BusinessWeek
By AP THE NEWS: Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic. THE DATA: Government figures ...
Painkiller Sales Soar, Fueling Addiction
Sci-Tech Today
This coincides with a wave of overdose deaths, pharmacy robberies and otheraddiction-related issues. A greater willingness by doctors to treat pain is part of the cause of a dramatic rise in sales of oxycodone, the key ingredient in OxyContin, ...
Sci-Tech Today
Sex-addict postal clerk stole from post office (managed by his wife) to fund ...
Daily Mail
By Eddie Wrenn A sex addict who spent more than £400000 on prostitutes has been jailed - after stealing to fund his habit. Postal clerk Deryck Green, 66, stole £28000 from the sub post office where he worked - and which his wife managed - and spent it ...
Daily Mail
OxyContin Addiction: Sales Of Painkillers Soar; How Many Overdose A Year?
International Business Times
By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed Sales of popular prescription painkillers have increased dramatically nationwide, leading experts to believe a new addiction epidemic is taking over the United States.
International Business Times
US painkiller sales soar, fuel addiction
Detroit Free Press
Makenzie Emerson, 19, left, and her mother, Phyllis Ferraro, 46, both of East Islip, NY, pose March 30, 2012, at Daytop Suffolk Outreach center in Huntington Station, NY Emerson had developed an addiction to pain killers and has recently completed ...
Addiction treatment clinic expanding
Morehead News
By Noelle Hunter - Staff Writer The Morehead News SelfRefind, currently located at 224 E. Main Street, offers medication-assisted treatment (MAT) that helps addicts transition from addiction to recovery, according to the company's website.
Prescription addiction numbers soaring
KTIV
By Jacob Peklo, Multimedia Journalist - email Experts say the widespread use of painkillers has launched an "addiction epidemic" across the country. An Associated Press report says pharmacies dispensed enough controlled medications to give every person ...
TMS Therapy and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Recovery Are Closely Related Per a ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Recent Study confirms Why Dr. AR Mohammad has had such amazing results with TMS Therapy in the Addiction Treatment Community Malibu, CA (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Inspire Malibu, recognized by many as the top addiction ...
Protecting prescription drug addicts from themselves
New York Daily News
Whether the addict is a star like Whitney Houston or Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino or not, we need to break through the denial that friends and family are often afraid to tackle. BILL: "Whitney Houston drowned in her bathtub," writes Outraged, ...
New York Daily News
Pain of addiction
TheChronicleHerald.ca
'Bridgewater can't afford to lose any more people,' says Nick Selig, a former prescription drug addict. (Facebook) BRIDGEWATER — Three young people have died from prescription overdoses in Bridgewater in the last five months, and Nick Selig was ...
TheChronicleHerald.ca
'American Reunion' star Chris Klein says his dog helped him get over alcoholism
TheCelebrityCafe.com
American Reunion star Chris Klein once battled alcoholism, even seeking help for that addictionafter his second DUI in 2010. Following a stint at the Cirque Lodge in Utah, Klein can reflect back and realize that there was someone who played a big part ...
Former Celtic Herren to speak about addiction at Marshwood today
Seacoastonline.com
Former Boston Celtics guard Chris Herren, whose story of addiction and recovery was chronicled in an ESPN documentary last fall, will speak to students at Marshwood High School today. Getty ImagesGetty Images By Mike Zhe SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — It was ...
The Partnership at Drugfree.org and Outside The Wire Examine Substance Abuse ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Partnership at Drugfree.org and Outside the Wire are collaborating to present a series of dramatic readings and town hall discussions about the disease of addiction. Supported by a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, "The Dionysus ...
Social Media Can Help Prevent Substance Abuse
Patch.com
By Joseph Wenzel IV When it comes to trying to curtail underage drinking and substance abuse, it can be effective to communicate with the audience in its own language and sometimes talk with your hands. Facebooks messages and Twitter tweets enable ...
Outrage over Alcoholics Anonymous decision to serve alcohol at its Melbourne ...
Herald Sun
ALCOHOLICS Anonymous has been slammed for its decision to serve booze at its national conference gala dinner in Melbourne this weekend. Victorian members have spoken out in disgust that alcohol will be for sale tomorrow night.
Painkiller Addiction Rapidly Spreads Across the U.S.
Medical Daily
Sales of popular prescription painkillers in the US have shown dramatic rises in new parts of the country, the Associated Press reports, and experts believe the push to relieve patients' suffering is producing an addiction epidemic.
Medical Daily
Convicted Heroin Addict Arrested For Impersonating A Veterinarian
Pet Pardons News
Brandi Tomko has been arrested for impersonating a veterinarian in order to fuel her heroineaddiction. A Summit County Ohio woman has been arrested and is facing a 33-count criminal indictment for pretending to be a veterinarian.
Heroin addiction leads to jail for Niles man
WSBT-TV
By LOU MUMFORD South Bend Tribune CASSOPOLIS -- Not only is heroin addiction difficult to overcome but it's also expensive, as Cass County Prosecutor Victor Fitz pointed out Thursday in Cass Circuit Court. Fitz commented on the drug's impact prior to ...
Chris Klein on alcohol addiction and 'American Reunion' (Video)
OnTheRedCarpet.com
Chris Klein is promoting his new film, "American Reunion," but revealed he almost didn't make it back after alcohol addiction nearly took his life. "I would have died, and I think about that every single day," Klein told People magazine of his ...
OnTheRedCarpet.com
Addiction to painkillers shows increase
Columbia Missourian
By JOHN DUNN/AP Makenzie Emerson, 19, left, and her mother, Phyllis Ferraro, 46, both of East Islip, NY, pose for a photograph on Friday at Daytop Suffolk Outreach center in Huntington Station, NY Emerson had developed an addiction to painkillers and ...
Columbia Missourian
Oxycodone and Hydrocodone Prescriptions On the Rise, Addiction Epidemic
Z6Mag
Painkiller prescriptions are on the rise and are turning into an addiction epidemic. Opioid pain relievers have caused 14800 overdoes deaths in 2008 and that number is rising with the years. Drug Enforcement Administration shows a dramatic rise between ...
Former Celtic shares cautionary story of addiction at Timberlane
Eagle Tribune
By Cara Hogan chogan@eagletribune.com PLAISTOW — Chris Herren went from being a member of the Boston Celtics to sleeping on the streets and shooting up heroin in alleyways. Herren, now sober at 36, shared his struggles with drug abuse with Timberlane ...
Chris Klein Opens Up About His Battle With Alcohol, Katie Holmes, and ...
Daily Beast
This was a turning point for Klein after years of struggle with alcohol addiction, and he checked into the Cirque Lodge rehab facility for a 30-day alcohol addictionprogram. “Living with addiction is not living, it's existing and barely hanging on,” ...
Daily Beast
Former Celtic Herren to share story of addiction, recovery at ...
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — It was in June of 2008 that many basketball fans last spent time thinking about Chris Herren. That was the morning the former Massachusetts high school phenom, one-time Boston Celtics guard and longtime drug ...
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Painkiller addiction: Is it really an epidemic?
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By Alexandra Le Tellier April 2012 Prescription painkillers are growing in popularity in new parts of the country, according to a new Associated Press analysis that has experts sounding alarms of a new addiction epidemic. “Pharmacies ...
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Chris Klein: Dog Knew I Was An Alcoholic
By Zoe Carter Staff
Chris Klein: Dog Knew I Was An Alcoholic. April 6, 2012 By Zoe Carter Staff. Chris Klein's dog helped him realise he was an alcoholic. The 33-year-old 'American Pie Reunion' actor – who entered rehab in 2010 after being caught drink driving ...
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Is he an alcoholic? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction ...
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I have been dating this guy for 7 months now and things used to be great. That is until I noticed he drinks, a lot. I didn't think much of it because I only saw him on the weekends, so I thought it was just a weekend thing and especially since we ...
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Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction - Yahoo! News
Sales are also being driven by addiction, as users become physically ... Many of these communities have battled substance abuse problems in the past. ..... And have that medication withheld because some addict chooses to accuse you of ...
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