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  • Stepped up measures to tack rising painkiller abuse
    News - 20 Apr 2011
    Prescription drug abuse is one of the largest problems in the country say experts and according to White House drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, the Congress must require special training for doctors and...
  • Prescription drug abuse among teens: NCPIE, SAMHSA launches campaign
    News - 6 Nov 2009
    The National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE), along with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and representatives from 15 nationally recognized...
  • From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that help patients misused by teens
    News - 1 Jul 2004
    From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that can help patients can also be misused to produce a high feeling. And they can hurt teens or hook them into addiction just as...
  • Symptoms of Drug Abuse
    Health - 25 Feb 2023
    Drug abuse leads to symptoms of drug dependence and addiction. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, drug or substance abuse tends to be recurrent and may cause...
  • What is Drug Abuse?
    Health - 17 Feb 2023
    Drug abuse or substance abuse refers to the use of certain chemicals for the purpose of creating pleasurable effects on the brain.
  • Drug Abuse Treatment
    Health - 20 Jan 2023
    More often that not, it is a drug abuser's family members who seek treatment for the abuser's problem. Although abusers are usually aware of the harm caused by their habit as well as their dependence...
  • Drug Abuse and Depression
    Health - 24 Jan 2020
    Depression is a common condition that is associated with an increased risk for other chronic health problems, including substance abuse.
  • Fibromyalgia and Drug Abuse
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Chronic widespread pain is one of the most important symptoms of fibromyalgia. According to the 2010 diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia from the American College of Rheumatology, the pain forms...
  • Dysfunctional family environment increases genetic risk for drug abuse
    News - 6 Mar 2012
    The risk of abusing drugs is greater - even for adopted children - if the family environment in which they are raised is dysfunctional, according to a new study conducted by a collaborative team from...
  • Adding tamper resistant properties to medications can help curb prescription drug abuse
    News - 27 Jun 2015
    Health Canada today published a Notice of Pre-Consultation in Canada Gazette, Part I, seeking stakeholder feedback on draft Tamper-Resistant Properties of Drugs Regulations.

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