KIM SMITH: Help Curb Fatal Drug Abuse With Alternative Techniques
KIM SMITH: Help curb fatal drug abuse with alternative techniques
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Other legislators are proposing to require county coroners to report all deaths attributed to prescription drug use and to require use of a nationwide database to track doctors' prescribing patterns. Across the U.S., fatal overdoses of such …
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Extension agents help battle substance abuse through community partnerships …
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Special to KyForward. For many Kentuckians, the effects of substance abuse are all too real as they've either watched their friends and family struggle with these issues or have personally battled addiction. (From UKNow). A study published previously …
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In wake of bath salts bust: police say synthetic drug use on rise
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He said drugs that have similar effects are amphetamines, cocaine, Khat, LSD and MDMA. People who abuse these substances have reported agitation, insomnia, irritability, dizziness, depression, paranoia, delusions, suicidal thoughts, seizures and panic …
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Side Effects | A Journal Sentinel Watchdog Update FDA to weigh tighter rules …
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But the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has again asked the FDA to consider tightening prescribing and other rules on hydrocodone drugs, as addiction and overdose deaths have soared throughout the country. Beginning Thursday, the FDA will …
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