Huffington Post
Houston is hardly the first celebrity to have battled a deadly prescription drug addiction. In the past decade, Heath Ledger, Brittany Murphy, Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson were just four of the most famous stars to overdose on legal medication.
Swollen Members' Madchild riffs on the drug addiction that nearly killed him
Vancouver Sun
Shane Bunting spoke with Vancouver Sun Driving reporter Andrew McCredie for the feature Big Wheels, in which local celebrities test drive their dream vehicles. During the drive, which will be featured in The Vancouver Sun Aug. 31, Bunting also shared ...
Bipartisan Support as California Legislature Passes Bill to Help Prevent Drug ...
eNews Park Forest
“The demographic of addiction and drug overdose has gone through a sudden transformation in California,” said the bill's author Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco). “In suburban areas, the emergency rooms and addiction centers are seeing more and more ...
Scientists Are One Step Closer to an Addiction-Proof Painkiller
Mashable
The scope of painkiller abuse nationally and globally is often debated. The latest report by the U.S.Drug Enforcement Administration, released in April 2012, states nearly 7 million Americans grapple with prescription-drug addiction. The CDC reports ...
NM Medicaid to cover methadone treatment
San Francisco Chronicle
A Human Services Department official says the change in policy should help in fighting a drug addiction epidemic. New Mexico has the nation's highest death rate from drug overdoses. The DrugPolicy Alliance said Monday that New Mexico joins about 30 ...
Ex-Hatboro cop admits using badge for drug-related crimes
phillyBurbs.com
John Becker, 43, of the first block of Saw Buck Circle, Horsham, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing drugs, stealing drugs, cash and guns from the department's evidence locker that he would then sell to pay for his addiction, and to coercing ...
How Big Of A Problem Are Drugs/Alcohol At Andover High School?
Patch.com
According to a new study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, roughly 17 percent of American high school students engage in smoking, drinking or doing drugs during the school day. The study also indicated that approximately 86 ...
Cannabis is not an innocent drug, teenagers addicted to it risk damaging their ...
Daily Mail
A magistrate, Yvonne Davies, when sentencing a cannabis grower to community service, urged him to stay away from the drug – after revealing that addiction to cannabis had killed her brother. She spoke about the 'living hell' her family had been through.
Daily Mail
Every Drug Overdose Is Preventable
Huffington Post (blog)
As a former police chief, I have seen the devastating effect that substance abuse and addiction can have on individuals, families and communities. Almost 16,000 overdose deaths involved prescription painkillers in the United States in 2009. That is ...
Just called 911 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help ...
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We're on vacation. He's drinking on meds. I just let the ambulance take him, am staying at hotel with my dd (she is sleeping) and I feel guilty for.
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Tackling alcohol, drug addiction | gbcs
Alcohol and drug addiction are serious matters confronting every community. A recent article cites research that over 70% of young people are underage ...
umc-gbcs.org/faith-in-action/tackling-alcohol-drug-addiction
By BodkinVanHorn
We're on vacation. He's drinking on meds. I just let the ambulance take him, am staying at hotel with my dd (she is sleeping) and I feel guilty for.
SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...
Tackling alcohol, drug addiction | gbcs
Alcohol and drug addiction are serious matters confronting every community. A recent article cites research that over 70% of young people are underage ...
umc-gbcs.org/faith-in-action/tackling-alcohol-drug-addiction
