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Study Reveals Upsurge in Prescription Drug Abuse...
The findings of the last National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicated that the number of young adults abusing prescription drugs has increased substantially over previous years. This annual survey was of more than 65,000 people ages 12 and older.
The largest category of prescription drugs that are abused are painkillers. This includes drugs such as Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet, Percocet, O...
Endo Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results...
Net sales for the third quarter were $245.2 million compared with $160.3 million in the third quarter of 2004, an increase of 53%. Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was $66.6 million compared with $41.4 million in the comparable 2004 period. As detailed in the Supplemental Financial Information below, adjusted net income for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was $...
Five behind bars after drug investigation...
Topping this mornings Crime Watch, five people are behind bars this morning after a joint drug investigation at a Tri-Cities housing complex.
Johnson City authorities tell News Channel 11 they arrested Amber and Richard Gerwer, Majorie Tate, Pamela Metcalf and Sandy Bulla early this morning and charged them with numerous counts of distribution of narcotics, delivery and conspiracy to sell...
Insurgents Torch Iraq’s Main Oil Pipeline…“The Damage Is 100 ......
Insurgents using explosives set fire to the main oil pipeline in northern
Iraq on Thursday, officials said. Violence continued around the country, and the U.S. military said three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb the previous day.
The pipeline links an oil field in the northern city of Kirkuk to Iraq's largest oil refinery in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad.
Read Whole ...DA, Sheriff join forces against abuse...
he Anti-Crime Council that put the spotlight to great effect on opiates and drug abuse last year is turning its attention this year to another persistent and heinous social problem - domestic abuse.
Led by two partners in anti-crime, District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett and Essex County Sheriff Frank Cousins, the council will meet with clergy, educators and employers over the next few week...
Tisei: Addressing the problem of OxyContin abuse...
s a member of the Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, I have learned that without a doubt, the biggest substance abuse problem in Massachusetts is the growing epidemic of OxyContin abuse that is spreading throughout the state.
This is a problem that locally, and nationwide, has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. In many cases, individuals that first try OxyContin event...
Roxboro police arrest pair of...
The two are alleged to have altered a prescription in an attempt to obtain additional percocet pills at a local pharmacy. The prescription was reportedly altered from an initial count of 10 pills to 110.
Thirty-three-year-old Lenora Jackson Wilson of 329 Owens St. and 34-year-old Carlos Devels Wilson of Durham were each charged in connection with the incident.
The two face felony ch...
Marijuana has medical benefits...
According to a CNN/Time poll in November of 2002, 80 percent of Americans support the right to use medical marijuana. This right is also endorsed by organizations like the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Public Health Association, and the American Nurses Association.
Why are so many people in favor of legalizing the natural form of cannabis? Because marijuana has been ...
OxyContin might have led to death of Sioux Falls teen...
Krull said it was the first death from the drug he knew of in Sioux Falls. He gave few details of the investigation, but drug treatment professionals say they are starting to see other evidence of OxyContin abuse in the area.
"The talk happens first, then the trend is trackable. And all we've seen or heard in the recent past is that Oxy is available in Sioux Falls," said Darcy Jensen, di...
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