Articles, tagged with "drug enforcement administration", page 2

Substance Abuse Costs Business Owners $100 Billion a Year

"Don't assume anyone in your organization is immune to the problem of drug and alcohol abuse" -US Drug Enforcement Administration Let's face it, as small business owners this is a subject we'd just as soon sweep under the rug or ignore totally. S... Read >
Author: Shawna Mickelson

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Prescription Drug Abuse

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a contentious disorder that is believed to be a developmental disorder that is largely neurological in nature. It is known to affect around 5 percent to 7 percent of all children in the United States, six... Read >
Author: Brenda Stokes

Is Drug Rehab Really The Responsibility Of The Prescription Drug Addict?

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." It stat... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart

Drug Detox, Rehab and Education Are the Answers to Prescription Drug Epidemic

With all the news about the dangers of prescription drugs - especially opioid painkillers like OxyContin, methadone and morphine - you would think people would be using less of them. However, judging by the statistics, including the number of people going... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart

More Drug Rehab, And More Deaths, Are the Likely Result of New DEA Ruling

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... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart

Are we Hooking our Kids on Drugs?

Cyrus Brooks is the coordinator of the Drug Free Ambassadors Australia in Sydney. In this editorial he expresses his commitment to helping youth avoid the pitfalls of drug addiction. While a fierce debate rages over the dramatic rise in prescripti... Read >
Author: Linda Wieland

A new tool to help you recover from pain pill addiction: Are you addicted?

Are you addicted to pain pills? You certainly have company. The cycle of use, dependence, and use is playing out, over and over, in every community across the country. Note that I describe the cycle as 'use, dependence, use'-a description that is accurate... Read >
Author: Jeffrey Junig

Red Ribbon Week Origin

When Red Ribbon Week started back in 1988 it was to honor a young DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Agent by the name of Enrique Camarena. His friends knew him by the name of "Kiki". He was kidnapped and killed in Mexico back in 1985. He had uncovered... Read >
Author: C. Mackay

Effects of Nutritional Supplements in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Copyright 2006 INTEGRITY HEATH SOLUTIONS Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by inattention, impulsivity and, in many cases, hyperactivity. ADHD affects up to 7% school age children. Problems with focus, concentration and i... Read >
Author: Mary Zesiewicz

What You Didn't Know About Vicodin Addiction

Needless to say that Vicodin addiction is a crisis growing up in the United States. While you may see that illegal drugs like marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine may be the talk in the headlines, you miss the fact that Vicodin addiction is a re... Read >
Author: Al Castillo

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