Showing posts with label drug abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug abuse. Show all posts
Thursday, December 17, 2009

'It's ruining people's lives': province looks at restricting Oxy

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From the Sault (Ont.) Star: First, it takes away the pain. Then it takes over your life. Pharmacist Jon MacDonald has seen the astonishing r...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Many U.S. teens share medications

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From CBC News: Many U.S. teens have lent or borrowed prescription medications such as antibiotics and acne medication, a survey suggests. Wh...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

Gazans struggling with rising drug abuse

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From Reuters: Palestinians struggling to cope with the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the trauma of war are turning to painkillers and tranqui...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Abuse of prescribed opiate painkillers on rise, research shows

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From CBC News: A growing number of Canadians are becoming addicted to prescription painkillers such as Tylenol 3 and OxyContin, say research...
Sunday, April 05, 2009

Pharmacist warns of 'pharm parties'

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From the Madison (IN) Courier: "Pharm parties" where party-goers ingest random prescription drugs collected from family medicine c...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

MDs, pharmacists battling drug resellers

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From the Winnipeg Free Press: Inner-city doctors and pharmacists want the province to help them crack down on prescription-drug abuse in res...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Man charged with painkiller fraud, theft

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From United Press International: Police in Calgary, Alberta, have charged a pharmacy worker with fraud and theft related to 15,000 missing p...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Test kit highlights possible rise in prescription drug use among kids

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From the Vancouver Sun: As if it isn't enough for parents to worry about whether their teenager is using marijuana, cocaine or crystal m...
Sunday, February 08, 2009

Pharmacist guilty of misconduct by supplying pills to rogue doctor

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From the New Zealand Herald: An Auckland pharmacist's actions in dispensing 773 prescriptions for the pseudoephedrine-based drug Sudomyl...
Sunday, February 01, 2009

Task force taking group approach to opiate problem

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From the Fort Francis (Ont.) Times: With the abuse of prescription drugs like oxycontin on the rise, a community task force has been establi...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Drug patch stolen from senior's arm

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I would suspect that the patch in question contained fentanyl. I'm pretty sure it's the only narcotic transdermal patch on the mark...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Crime spree targeting Calgary-area pharmacies

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From the Calgary Herald: Two robbers after a highly-addictive painkiller have held up at least 10 Calgary-area pharmacies, and police are co...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program

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From the Associated Press: The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval f...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Methadone could help cocaine addicts: study

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From the Calgary Herald: Methadone, a drug used for many years to treat heroin addiction, also appears to work well against cocaine addictio...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

OxyContin maker: Pills seized in C.B. weren’t the real deal

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From the Halifax Chronicle Herald: Representatives of the company that makes the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin flew to Sydney o...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

C.B. cops make big Oxy bust

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From the Halifax Chronicle Herald: Some 25,000 OxyContin pills were seized in a downtown parking lot Friday night in what the acting chief o...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

New treatment works

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From the Vancouver Province: A legal painkiller called Dilaudid is more effective in treating serious heroin addiction than methadone therap...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Prescription drug abuse grows

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From the Nanaimo (BC) Daily News: A longtime Nanaimo pharmacist says prescription drug abuse is so bad, some clients are only allowed a dail...

Narcotics case a first for Nevada

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From the Las Vegas Sun: Nevada bartenders are not liable for customers who drive drunk, but should the same be true for pharmacists who prov...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Doctors call methadone kickbacks a 'big problem'

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From the Vancouver Province: Addictions doctors in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have complained for months about pharmacists luring her...