What's So Bad About Casual Drug Use?
What's So Bad About Casual Drug Use?
Another pioneering late 19th and early 20th century man of medicine, William Halsted, was dependent on cocaine and morphine during an illustrious career that revolutionized and modernized surgical techniques. None of this is a brief for … But in an …
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Sentence announced for Tasha Bates in the deaths of her two young sons
After months of evidence-gathering, a year of trial preparation and three days of testimony, Tasha Bates' murder case hinged on one question, prosecutors said. … Because of meth.” Bates' blue Toyota Corolla intersected two parallel stories that …
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Medical heroin a charter right for addicts, says UBC-Providence Health care …
The decision directly impacts the SALOME trial, a joint research project between UBC and Providence examining heroin's effectiveness treating people with chronic heroin addiction who have not benefited from other treatment drugs such as methadone …
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Pain med prescribing guidelines mostly agree
Opium-related drugs, like Oxycontin, Percocet, Percodan and methadone can be very addictive and are usually prescribed for just a week or two for intense short-term pain, though their use for longer-lasting pain is growing. Sales of opiates in the U.S …
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