The Patriot Ledger
Seeing addiction as a moral failing, these folks become outraged that our government spends their tax dollars on treating people who knew from the start they were using an addictive drug, in essence telling them they were on their own and we should not ...
Gold Medallist Mitcham Admits To Severe Drug Addiction
Crave Online
Despite the admission of drug addiction, Mitcham is free to compete on future Australian Olympic teams. In Twists and Turns Mitcham describes his dependence on the drug which stemmed from issues of low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and panic ...
Pills prove a prescription for addiction
Great Lakes Advocate
She says her short time on oxycodone introduced her to the intense pull of addiction. She can see how some get lost forever. ''I'm so glad I got into that program because if I didn't, I would still be taking those drugs and wouldn't have a life,'' she ...
Pain medication addiction reaching epidemic level
Hamburg Reporter
But, Dr. Hassan noted in 2012, the makeup of many of these drugs are compatible with addiction in that they absorb very fast, and the half-life of the medicine staying in your system goes very fast. And then you want another. “The opiates are very ...
Call for drug tests to trap patient dealers
Stock and Land
Leading pain and addiction medicine experts say there is increasing evidence of doctors being scammed for large doses of prescription drugs, particularly addictive opioids such as OxyContin. While addicts ''doctor shopping'' for prescriptions is well ...
Mitcham reveals drug addiction
Fox Sports
Matthew Mitcham ... reveals his battle with drug addiction in his new book. Source: Lindsay Moller / News Limited. Beijing gold medallist Matthew Mitcham has revealed he battled a methamphetamineaddiction in 2011 that almost ended his career and ...
Grafton: In prison, man haunted by meth addiction
WKYC-TV
GRAFTON -- Lynwood Andrick is not looking for sympathy. He simply wants to caution others about the perils of meth use. Andrick, a 40-year-old father and husband, is fighting to overcome his meth addiction every day. He first tried the powerful drug in...
WKYC-TV
Addiction among doctors rises
Irish Times
Alcohol and drug addiction is on the increase among doctors, with more than 70 per cent who attended a Medical Council health committee suffering addiction problems, a Medical Council annual conference was told yesterday. Dr Richard Brennan, chairman ...
Matthew Mitcham cleared to continue diving for Australia despite admitting ...
Herald Sun
BEIJING gold medallist Matthew Mitcham will not be excluded from the 2016 Australian Olympic team despite confessing to a crystal meth addiction, a drug that features as a "stimulant" on the WADA banned list. Less than 24 hours after the Australian ...
Study surveys world of drugs
Sydney Morning Herald
Results of the survey have been published in BMJ, The Lancet and Addiction and have helped produce a project called the drugs meter, where people can find out how their drug use compares with others. You can take part in the global drug survey over the ...
Diver Matthew Mitcham opens up about drug addiction ...
AUSTRALIAN 10-metre platform diver Matt Mitcham says he battled a methamphetamine addiction in 2011 that almost derailed his career and his life, but the 2008 Beijing gold medallist will be free to compete on future Australian Olympic ...
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