Myrtle Beach police arrest two on drug charges

Filed under: drug treatment news 2012

Thomas Edward Owens Jr., 42, of Myrtle Beach was charged with manufacture, possession of schedule four drugs, which is described as being a drug or substance with low potential for being abused and is accepted for use in medical treatment.
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Is antiviral drug Tamiflu safe for young children?

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Tis the 2012 flu season. On December 21, the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the use of the antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) to treat children as young as two weeks of age who have shown symptoms of influenza (flu) for no longer than …
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Report finds synthetic cannabinoids like K2 still in use among high school seniors

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The Monitoring the Future study surveyed the prevalence of the drugs amongst teens for the first time in 2012 because of the bad reputation bath salts garnered after being linked to a number of violent crimes and adverse side effects like extreme and …
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