GRAMMY Award-winning artist Macklemore is once again making headlines, and this time it is for combining his anti-drug activism along with his music. The video (below) for his song ‘Drug Dealer’ is turning heads and bares the harsh realities of prescription painkiller addition. Unlike more stereotypical anti-drug messages, this one is not only an artistic […]
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Subsys is powerful version of fentanyl that is designed and approved for cancer patients with acute pain. However, some doctors have begun to prescribe Subsys to patients who do not have cancer. This sort of off-label use for drugs happens frequently, and may be more harmful that either the patients or the doctors initially realize.
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“This study underscores the significance of the substance abuse risk for both boys and girls with childhood ADHD,” said psychiatry and psychology professor Brooke Molina.
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“Smoking weed and drinking alcohol will lead you to asking the drug dealer, what else do you have to make me feel better?,” a recovering heroin addict tells teens.
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Earlier this month, The New York Times covered the story of Richard Fee, “an athletic, personable college class president and aspiring medical student” whose ambitions were derailed by a drug addiction.
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While substance abuse is a major concern nationwide, some areas of the country have been more affected than others.
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