Every day millions of people get behind the wheel under the influence of strong prescription medications that can have dangerous consequences if used incorrectly.
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The news source found that one tenth of Americans have taken a prescription drug they had not been prescribed. A quarter of those people used the medication just to get high.
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A new study conducted by the alcohol awareness organization Drinkaware indicates that 39 percent of 10 to 17-year-olds have seen images of their friends drunk on social networking websites. More than one tenth of those children were under the age of 13.
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The findings, published in journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, showed that women tend to enter substance abuse programs five years sooner than men.
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In recent piece in Forbes magazine, several addiction specialists discussed why high-level executives may be more prone to substance abuse, and the challenges in treating someone in that type of position.
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Police allege that Sarah Ann Stephens knowingly passed a deadly cocktail of Xanax, methadone and the painkiller Opana to her son, Ryder, through her breastmilk.
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Their findings, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, indicate that people with PTSD and alcoholism benefited the most from combined treatments to reduce alcohol cravings and lessen emotional distress, compared to people treated for each condition separately.
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In the September issue of British Cosmopolitan, Kelly speaks candidly about that time, and her struggle with substance abuse.
It is widely available in convenience stores and smoke shops, and and local law enforcement and public health officials are on the alert.
The five-year grant, from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will provide early intervention and treatment for young adults 18 to 25 struggling with alcohol and drug abuse.
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In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the actor, who was 21 at the time, admitted that his new-found fame was too much to handle. He turned to drugs as a means to to escape and became addicted to heroin “in a matter of days.”
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At the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, Kevin Reilly, entertainment director of FOX — the show’s network — told reporters that Monteith’s character, Finn Hudson, would be written out of the show.
