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Drugs of the decades | An Epidemic of Addiction
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About One Baby Born Each Hour Addicted to Opiate Drugs in U.S.
newswise.com — “More mothers using drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, giving birth to babies in drug withdrawal, results of study published in JAMA.” View full resource at newswise.com
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Dr. Heather Doctor, Psychologist, and PsyD
OxyContin and related opiate drugs are abused at epidemic rates. Impacts on baby skyrocketing, says @UMich http://t.co/li1pgGad #parenting
Number of addicted newborns nearly triples in less than decade
azstarnet.com — “DETROIT - An increased reliance on prescription painkillers and the resulting addiction has now shown up in the most vulnerable” View full resource at azstarnet.com
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Scourge of prescription drug abuse & addiction strikes most vulnerable population: children. http://t.co/6qRX36vh #sdoh #health disparities
Pregnant mothers, newborns addicted to opiates increases dramatically over past decade | Fox News
foxnews.com — “The rate of mothers abusing opiates during pregnancy—including heroin, methadone and certain painkillers—has increased nearly fivefold in the past decade, according to a new study. The study also found a threefold increase in the number of newborns with drug withdrawal symptoms, a condition known clinically as neonatal abstinence syndrome ” View full resource at foxnews.com
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Painkillers behind surge of drug-addicted babies - CBS News
cbsnews.com — “Number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled in decade, new research shows” View full resource at cbsnews.com
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Painkillers behind surge of drug-addicted babies http://t.co/1K16x8ko via @CBSNews
Number of babies born addicted to prescription painkillers soars – USATODAY.com
usatoday.com — “Cases have nearly tripled in the past decade, amounting to 13,539 infants a year, or one drug-addicted baby born every hour.” View full resource at usatoday.com
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Sadness: Number of babies born addicted to prescription painkillers soars. http://t.co/2qJ3v8LY
Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction Epidemic | Debunking Addiction
healthyplace.com — “Prescription drug abuse and addiction is a nationwide epidemic. It affects people from all walks of life, all ages, races, ages, backgrounds, socioeconomic” View full resource at healthyplace.com
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Prescription Drug Abuse and #Addiction Epidemic. New Debunking Addiction blog. http://t.co/mXhQ8N8l #mentalillness #xanax #painkillers
OxyContin marketing blamed for addiction epidemic - Health - CBC News
cbc.ca — “Powerful but misleading marketing that for years pushed the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin has left tens of thousands of Canadians with the twin burdens of chronic pain and severe withdrawal, critics tell the CBC's Fifth Estate.” View full resource at cbc.ca
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OxyContin was taken off the Canadian market this month. To replace the drug, Purdue Pharma, the company that... http://t.co/mkRnFL6u
Revisiting LSD as a treatment for alcoholism
sciencedaily.com — “Several decades ago, a number of clinics used LSD to treat alcoholism with some success. But until now, no research has pulled together the results of these trials to document exactly how effective LSD was. Now a new meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the drug provides evidence for a clear and consistent beneficial effect of LSD for treating alcohol dependency.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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Revisiting LSD as a treatment for alcoholism: Several decades ago, a number of clinics used LSD to t... http://t.co/nMMRvW2g #alcoholism
The upsides, and downsides, of anti-anxiety drugs | cleveland.com
cleveland.com — “While stories of addiction to prescription pills are hardly as new as they were three decades ago, and may not carry as much of a stigma, they are persistent.” View full resource at cleveland.com
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The upsides, and downsides, of anti-anxiety drugs: While stories of addiction to prescription pills are hardly a... http://t.co/ZS81u69g
ER doctors treat pain: Florida Hospital and Orlando Health create chronic pain management plan - OrlandoSentinel.com
orlandosentinel.com — “Orlando Health and Florida Hospital officials announced Wednesday that they are implementing a chronic pain management plan to help emergency room physicians and staff better deal with impacts of the region's prescription-drug epidemic.” View full resource at orlandosentinel.com
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Florida Hospital, Orlando Health create plan to treat pain patients in ERs: Orlando Health and Florida Hospital ... http://t.co/7PXyxAuo
6 Celebrities That Beat Drug and Alcohol Addiction
blog.thegooddrugsguide.com — “Over the decades, we've seen countless celebrities do the usual dalliance with drugs and alcohol. Many remain addicts to this day, while some died young thanks” View full resource at blog.thegooddrugsguide.com
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6 Celebrities That Beat Drug and Alcohol Addiction: http://t.co/ddfpKvfZ
Rx drug deaths triple in decade – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs
thechart.blogs.cnn.com — “Inappropriately used prescription pain medications kill 15,000 people in the United States each year, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We're in the midst of an epidemic," says CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden.” View full resource at thechart.blogs.cnn.com
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Not great news... 15k people die per year from Rx pain pills http://t.co/rJ5qJmf8 via @cnn
Federal officials call for stronger action to stop escalating prescription drug crisis - St. Petersburg Times
tampabay.com — “A report points to signs of a growing national epidemic of abuse of painkillers. The nation's doctors prescribed enough addictive painkillers last year to medicate every American adult around-the-clock for an entire month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.” View full resource at tampabay.com
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Federal officials call for stronger action to stop escalating prescription drug crisis in Florida: http://t.co/9LuRRhIS #hcr
Rx drug deaths triple in decade – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs
thechart.blogs.cnn.com — “Inappropriately used prescription pain medications kill 15,000 people in the United States each year, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We're in the midst of an epidemic," says CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden.” View full resource at thechart.blogs.cnn.com
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40 die daily in Rx drug 'epidemic,' CDC says http://t.co/SdTR3wlx via: @sanjayguptaCNN
When Moms Become Addicted to Prescription Pills
parents.com — “When Moms Become Addicted to Prescription Pills” View full resource at parents.com
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Moms on Drugs: The Prescription Pill Epidemic http://t.co/xgI6lI7D
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An interesting look at the popularity of different drugs throughout the decades: http://bit.ly/apksNI
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