Report: Number of US heroin users rose 300,000 over a decade
The number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade, with the bulk of the increase among whites, according to a new government report.
Jul 7, 2015
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The number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade, with the bulk of the increase among whites, according to a new government report.
Jul 7, 2015
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American physicians with waivers allowing them to provide office-based medication-assisted buprenorphine treatment to patients addicted to opioids were able to increase potential access to effective medication-assisted treatment ...
Jun 9, 2015
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A study analysing the Finnish homicide and prescription drug databases discovered that the use of certain drugs that affect the central nervous system are associated with an increased risk of committing a homicide. The greatest ...
Jun 1, 2015
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The Centers for Disease Control calls prescription painkiller abuse "one of the worst drug overdose epidemics in history."
Feb 24, 2015
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According to researchers at Brandeis University, the University of North Florida and Johns Hopkins University, policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse, also called non-medical use, in their efforts to reduce opioid ...
Feb 4, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. "epidemic" of prescription-painkiller abuse may be starting to reverse course, a new study suggests.
Jan 15, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse continues to take a deadly toll in the United States, with fatal overdoses involving drugs such as Oxycontin and Vicodin tripling over a decade, a new report shows.
Dec 2, 2014
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(HealthDay)—The proportion of women dependent on drugs such as narcotic painkillers or heroin during pregnancy has more than doubled in the past decade and a half, a new study finds, though it still remains below a half-percent ...
Nov 18, 2014
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Deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the United States, a new government study says.
Oct 2, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Although teens and young adults who abuse prescription painkillers face a high risk of overdose, most don't know how to respond when one occurs, new research shows.
Oct 2, 2014
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