21st January 2009
Parents, even those familiar with medical drug detox programs because of their own drug problems, are often the last to know that their teenage kids are abusing prescription drugs, and moving on to heroin and a life of crime.
Thousands of families move...
17th January 2009
As the economy worsens, more people are reaching for ‘escape’ drugs like painkillers and mood enhancers, and will eventually need medical drug detox to recover their lives.
In what may be the worst economy since the Great Depression, Americans are ...
16th January 2009
Who better than a doctor should know that medical detox and rehab are the right solutions for addiction. But a Utah doctor who betrayed patient trust and traded pills for sex from addicted female patients has been sent to prison.
If you’ve ever doubt...
08th December 2008
In spite of an FDA Public Health Advisory in 2004 warning about the serious risks associated with all antidepressants, the number of Americans taking the drugs has climbed to 17 million, and prescription drug addiction and abuse continues to accelerate.
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01st December 2008
Hundreds of studies have been conducted to find out why kids take drugs. Some of the latest research shows it’s often due to ‘problem parents.’ Parents, understandably, tend to reject this notion since many of them are trying their best to be, a...
30th November 2008
Alcoholism, addiction to illicit street drugs, and now these days the growing problem of prescription drug addiction, can tear apart a family as it struggles to cope with the situation.
With each passing year, we hear more about prescription drug add...
30th November 2008
A recent editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune on the dangers of prescription drugs suggests that in the five days from when it was written to when it was delivered to readers, five more people will have died from prescription drug addiction or abuse.
T...
25th November 2008
Doctors are relying too heavily on narcotic pain relievers for US troops, says a military pain management specialist, raising concerns about the drugs’ potential for abuse and prescription drug addiction.
“You don’t have to throw narcotics at...
22nd November 2008
Doctors are relying too heavily on narcotic pain relievers for US troops, says a military pain management specialist, raising concerns about the drugs’ potential for abuse and prescription drug addiction.
“You don’t have to throw narcotics at p...
27th October 2008
On the picturesque eastern shores of Lake Michigan, where rural Oceana County, MI, is home to more asparagus and cherry trees than people, dozens of young adults have gone to rehab, and one has already died, because of an epidemic of prescription drug a...
27th October 2008
Remember the scenes in TV shows and movies where the evil drug pusher in the school yard offers kids a free sample of his deadly wares, sort of a “loss leader” to get kids addicted and coming back for more? A new study shows how free samples from Bi...
07th October 2008
Every day across America, nearly a million American kids age 12 to 17 abuse a pain reliever for the very first time just to get high. If you do the math, that’s nearly a million kids a year risking their lives -- or at the very least, risking a life...
02nd October 2008
According to many recent national and state surveys, more kids are abusing more prescription drugs than ever, exceeding all illegal street drugs combined. Parents are being urged to help turn around a situation that could see millions of young Americans...
02nd October 2008
Millions of American children are being force-fed prescription drugs that most of them -- and some experts think all of them -- don’t need, opening the door to potential drug abuse, dependence and prescription drug addiction later in life.
Surveys ...
02nd October 2008
What are supposed to be medicine -- the products from pharmaceutical companies -- are killing more people in America than cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and all other “street” drugs, combined. And prescription drug addiction now exceeds street d...
