Viewpoint: Are Doctors to Blame for Prescription-Drug Abuse?

Published November 28, 2012

Viewpoint: Are Doctors to Blame for Prescription-Drug Abuse?

Filed under: Treating Cocaine Addiction

Most of this rise can be attributed to prescription painkillers, which now kill more people more than heroin or cocaine combined. Where … Studies showed that doctors didn't do a good job asking about pain or treating it properly when they did …
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Former Staten Island deli owner arrested on drug charges while facing …

Filed under: Treating Cocaine Addiction

The item turned out to be six pills of Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid dependence, said police. Cops also found one Suboxone pill on the Camry's center console, court documents state. Rashid and Lang … Nel-Boy Bagels captured headlines in …
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How Drugs Hijack Decision-Making in The Brain

Filed under: Treating Cocaine Addiction

Cocaine in particular seems to have long-lasting effects on the orbitofrontal cortex. “One aspect of this work, which we are pursuing, is that perhaps some of the problems that characterize addiction are … president for medical affairs at the …
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