Archive for the 'Prescription Drug Abuse' Category

Teens get hooked on prescription drugs from home

Behind the frightening numbers are the frightened faces of children, hundreds of them in Butte County, hooked on powerful drugs they get from their parents’ medicine cabinets.
Authorities say the use of opiates — which include Oxycontin, Fentanyl, Vicodin, Soma, Ritalin, cough syrups and any medication ending in “pam” — are on the increase among Butte [...]

Canadians alone spend almost $30 billion a year on medications

If you’re looking for a business with a sure-fire return on investment, you would do well to investigate the highly lucrative global phenomena which is online prescription drug sales.
While governments around the world spend obscene amounts of money on keeping the relatively benign cannabis out of reach for the great unwashed, it seems the pharmaceutical [...]

Prescription Drug Abuse: But does doctor really know best?

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk : Doctors and scientists are turning en masse to prescription drugs such as Provigil/Modafinil and Ritalin, in a bid to enhance their mental performance as well as their physical staying power.
Which is a frightening thought if the doctor in question is “hopped up” on amphetamines as a result of a busy morning general practice [...]

Sprinter Dwain Chambers Names Sporting-Dopers In his Book

British sprinter Dwain Chambers names several doping-tainted American athletes in his autobiography chronicling his use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Sprinters Kelli White, Chryste Gaines and Alvin Harrison, all of whom were busted for doping and served suspensions, are all mentioned when Chambers recounts his ties with BALCO founder Victor Conte.
“He kept telling me to talk to the [...]