http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com The “King of Pop” Michael Jackson is dead at only 50, joining many other celebrities and thousands of ordinary people whose untimely deaths associated with painkillers like OxyContin could have been avoided by a timely medical drug detox. What is it g... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965920_17.html 05th July 2009 Adolescents exposed to opioid painkillers, especially OxyContin, are more likely to abuse opioids and other drugs and risk addiction in later life, say researchers. A ban on the drug will save countless lives. Recent research from Rockefeller Universit... http://www.articlealley.com/article_944638_17.html 19th June 2009 As the grass-roots movement heats up to ban OxyContin, the opioid painkiller implicated in thousands of deaths, people addicted the drug from all levels of society, from cities, towns and villages, continue to search for effective OxyContin detox and reha... http://www.articlealley.com/article_942867_17.html 18th June 2009 Instead of an effective heroin detox followed by long-term rehabilitation, so-called addiction “experts” are recommending heroin addicts be “treated” with more heroin. Have you ever injured yourself -- hit your thumb with a hammer, banged your ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_939022_17.html 16th June 2009 Thousands of patients arriving for OxyContin detox are victims of the all-too-common medical practice of smothering pain with the addictive narcotic, instead of finding the cause of the pain and curing it. If you were driving down the road and a strang... http://www.articlealley.com/article_926122_17.html 11th June 2009 The diversion and abuse of prescription drugs for non-medical use is a serious threat to public health and safety, and medical drug detox is the preferred first step in recovery. Nearly a third of new drug abusers begin their downward spiral into addi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_906373_17.html 29th May 2009 OxyContin addiction is the new doorway drug to ruined careers and lost lives, even when it begins as a legitimate prescription for the pain of injury and illness. Thousands of Americans are becoming dependent and addicted to the opioid painkiller OxyCo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_892846_17.html 15th May 2009 An effective, proven medical drug detox program before drug rehab would be the best way the state could help its many prescription drug addicts. Connecticut is asking for more than $620,000 in federal government stimulus grants to combat “doctor sho... http://www.articlealley.com/article_887861_17.html 12th May 2009 Victims of prescription drug addiction and street drug addicts who overdose on opioids can often be saved by the drug naloxone, but the event should be followed immediately with admission to a medical drug detox facility, followed by lengthy drug rehab. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_874903_17.html 01st May 2009 As the death toll from methadone soars across the country and methadone addiction continues to rise, the need for effective treatment has never been more important. State death statistics across the country are showing that prescription drugs continue ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_858896_17.html 16th April 2009 In Mukilteo, WA, the realm of millionaire software executives, where even the median income is $90,000+ a year, OxyContin addiction plays no favorites. In the city of Mukilteo, an affluent suburb at the northern extremes of Seattle, WA, soccer moms and... http://www.articlealley.com/article_855341_17.html 10th April 2009 Legislative hearings to probe the OxyContin and heroin epidemic in Massachusetts will consider ways to battle opiate abuse in the state, including expanding OxyContin detox and drug rehab services. Massachusetts State Senator Steven A. Tolman (D-Boston... http://www.articlealley.com/article_851124_17.html 09th April 2009 Medical drug detox and rehab programs are being targeted by state and city budget cuts, leaving many addicts with no place to go for help except hospital emergency wards or jails, both of which cost taxpayers more in the long run. All across the countr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_847386_17.html 04th April 2009 The result of so-called ‘treatment’ for opioid addiction with methadone is simply a life-long methadone addiction. Real treatment means helping opioid addicts become drug free, and such treatment now is available. New medical protocols have been de... http://www.articlealley.com/article_842878_17.html 31st March 2009 The Obama administration and all state legislatures could learn a lesson from Ireland, where John Curran, Ireland’s minister for drugs strategy, has called for a review of methadone addiction, and how effective methadone programs actually are at getting... http://www.articlealley.com/article_841398_17.html 30th March 2009 Thousands of Oklahomans, many of them young people, have fallen victim to oxycodone and OxyContin addiction, and thousands more to hydrocodone painkillers like Lortab and Vicodin. Hydrocodone, sold under brand names such as Lortab and Vicodin, and the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_838874_17.html 27th March 2009 There’s nothing like listening to the screams of a newborn infant forced to withdraw from methadone to change your mind about so-called ‘harm reduction’ programs like free methadone for opioid-addicted women. Harm reduction -- providing addicts w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_834684_17.html 25th March 2009 As anyone who has successfully completed medical drug detox and recovered their life will tell you, drug addiction is a physical drug dependence complicated by mental and emotional problems -- all of which can resolve without tinkering with someone’s br... http://www.articlealley.com/article_833296_17.html 25th March 2009 Scientists say they are close to learning how to make methadone prescribing less dangerous, but methadone addiction, injuries and deaths continue to soar. Studies at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Washin... http://www.articlealley.com/article_830613_17.html 20th March 2009 The move by many addicts from heroin to OxyContin, and the growing number of former heroin addicts needing OxyContin detox, tells you just how dangerously addictive the prescription painkiller really is. Over the past year, the number of news reports a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_824052_17.html 13th March 2009 People trapped by prescription drug addiction are finding that detox programs designed for their unique metabolic and health needs can ease withdrawal symptoms and make recovery a reachable goal. Almost anyone dependent on drugs will tell you they woul... http://www.articlealley.com/article_819332_17.html 10th March 2009 OxyContin addiction knows no geographic or social boundaries, striking people in all walks of life, in every corner of America. Last December, in the quiet Massachusetts town of Hyannis on Cape Cod, Jordan Mendes, a 16-year-old high school sophomore, w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_814036_17.html 10th March 2009 OxyContin addiction is epidemic in our society, and opting for methadone ‘therapy’ to replace the narcotic is just jumping from the frying pan into the fire. The more OxyContin a person takes, the more tolerant their bodies become to the addictive ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_811112_17.html 06th March 2009 Giving someone a methadone addiction is like putting that person in a prison where they are not confined by walls but by their dependence on the drug, says a detox expert, and getting off the drug is like getting out of jail. Using the highly-addictive... http://www.articlealley.com/article_808091_17.html 04th March 2009 Few methadone detox or rehab facilities will accept addicts taking more than 80 milligrams per day, making methadone addiction almost untreatable in this country -- but new detox protocols are offering help. Thousands of Americans already suffering fro... http://www.articlealley.com/article_791059_17.html 20th February 2009 OxyContin addiction is a growing problem across the country, as thousands of people struggle to break the bonds of this powerfully-addictive prescription narcotic painkiller. Addiction to the prescription narcotic painkiller OxyContin continues to plag... http://www.articlealley.com/article_786646_17.html 17th February 2009 Methadone addiction is a growing problem as doctors freely prescribe the powerfully addictive narcotic painkiller for common aches and pains. Methadone, an addictive narcotic painkiller most commonly known for its controversial use as a “replacement ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_783288_17.html 12th February 2009 When MTV’s award-winning reality show True Life, which targets teens and young adults, takes up prescription drug addiction, you can be sure it’s a widespread problem. The only improvement might have been more about the advantages of medical drug deto... http://www.articlealley.com/article_775752_17.html 02nd February 2009 In Beckley, West Virginia, too few medical drug detox and drug rehab centers, lack of personal health insurance, a shortage of prevention resources, and too many addictive prescriptions for people who don’t need them are all negative factors. A senio... http://www.articlealley.com/article_774392_17.html 01st February 2009 Medical drug detox and a stint in rehab is not what any parent wants for their kids, but unless mom and dad wise up and start paying attention, that’s where their son or daughter is headed -- if they don’t die from an overdose first. A Fremont Cou... http://www.articlealley.com/article_767807_17.html 26th January 2009 It’s amazing how one little word can change the meaning of a sentence that yearns to mean something else. The new prescribing regulations from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) covering Schedule II drugs contains just such a word: “undue.” I... http://www.articlealley.com/article_457776_17.html 22nd January 2008 Treatment for alcoholism by family doctors may be the coming thing as a result of new drugs that claim to reduce the craving for alcohol. But although the new drugs show promise in helping some drinkers stay off the bottle, alcoholics will just be trading... http://www.articlealley.com/article_457773_17.html 22nd January 2008 Parents should know that recent studies reveal teenagers are at increased risk when using cough medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM) to get high. And they should sit their sons and daughters down and tell them just how dangerous this seemingly harm... http://www.articlealley.com/article_457765_17.html 22nd January 2008 Teenagers busted for possession, adults busted for trafficking, cops busted for stealing drugs from evidence lockers - every day of the week there are dozens of news stories about drug-related crime. A few of the crimes are purely for money, but most are ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_253007_17.html 19th January 2008 Big Pharma is spending almost twice as much money on promotion as it does on research and development of new drugs - contrary to what they say. And the effects of all this promotion can be seen across the country where tens of thousands of prescription dr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_253004_17.html 19th January 2008 Well, here we are in 2008, and it’s time to reflect on the year gone by. What’s the first thing we recall from 2007? The war in Iraq? The mid-west floods? The California wild-fires? Al Gore’s global-warming peace prize? For many Americans what pops ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_252230_17.html 18th January 2008 In the battle against soaring prescription drug addiction and abuse and deaths from prescription narcotics like OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone, our only front line of defense is the army of prescribing doctors. Monitoring how patients are doing and spot... http://www.articlealley.com/article_248019_17.html 07th January 2008 In another article I covered some of the principles of being a good shooter and I focused on the lower body. In this article I want to cover some of the key principles of using the upper body and how it affects your shooting. Understand that there a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_247664_32.html 14th November 2007 A recent survey revealed that only 6 percent of parents are concerned about the possibility of their kids abusing prescription drugs. Obviously, they haven’t seen the statistics. But what’s most troubling about this information is that if parents aren... http://www.articlealley.com/article_202939_17.html 17th August 2007 Drug courts are a recent innovation in the country. They’re designed to help stop the abuse of alcohol and drugs and related criminal activity by ordering offenders into drug treatment programs instead of serving jail time. In exchange for completing th... http://www.articlealley.com/article_202909_17.html 17th August 2007 Crackdowns on cocaine traffickers in Mexico and Colombia are credited with a drop in cocaine use by U.S. workers to the lowest rate in at least a decade, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. A special report from Quest Diag... http://www.articlealley.com/article_202063_17.html 15th August 2007 Nissan, Saab and Volvo have been researching built-in breathalyzer-type detection systems that could help keep drunk drivers off the road. In some versions, if you fail the test the car won’t start. Now that’s a great idea, but I think it would be eve... http://www.articlealley.com/article_200602_17.html 13th August 2007 Celebrities experiencing relapses after one or more rehabs, such as the recent Lindsay Lohan fall from grace after her second high-priced treatment program, are drawing public attention to the possible lack of effectiveness of alcohol and drug rehab progr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_199027_17.html 08th August 2007 You may have heard about a drug called Actiq – a berry-flavored lozenge on a stick that looks and tastes like a lollipop. It was approved by the FDA for cancer patients only, but is being prescribed for everything from migraines to back pain, and has fo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_197448_17.html 06th August 2007 Since the defeat of the Taliban government in 2001, Taliban insurgents have regained control of the southern poppy-growing regions. The country’s opium trade is back to supplying 92% of the world’s opium, along with vast amounts of heroin. Here in Ame... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195888_17.html 02nd August 2007 New York could become the first state requiring all outpatient addiction treatment programs to help their clients quit smoking under proposed legislation. The law would only encourage alcoholics and drug addicts to quit smoking, not require it. Those who ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195241_17.html 01st August 2007 The New Zealand government has decided to ban what they call “party pills” that contain benzylpiperazine (BZP) and triflouro-methyl-phenylpiperazine (TFMPP). Known in New Zealand as “Herbal Highs”, “Pep Pills” or “Dance Pills”, these drugs... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195197_17.html 31st July 2007 An Australian member of parliament has called for the children of drug addicts to be permanently removed from their parents and offered for adoption. Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop wants to see adoption, rather than fostering, used to separate children from pa... http://www.articlealley.com/article_194166_17.html 30th July 2007 American Indians and Alaska Natives have higher rates of dependence on or abuse of psychotherapeutic drugs, painkillers and tranquilizers than all other races, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A recent news story in the Grea... http://www.articlealley.com/article_192357_17.html 26th July 2007 After years of drug abuse, Vicki Lynn Marshall finally met her end with a deadly combination of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The jury’s still out on whether the cause of death was accidental or otherwise, but one thing is certain – had Vic... http://www.articlealley.com/article_191335_17.html 25th July 2007