LA Times Investigates Doctors' Connection to Prescription Drug Abuse

LA Times Investigates Doctors' Connection To Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: drug abuse

Antibiotic use in the United States is dropping, but it is dropping most slowly in states that use the drugs the most – widening regional gaps that may be putting people in some Southeastern states at heightened risk for infections that no longer …
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Fallen basketball star rebounds from life of drug abuse

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SOMERS POINT – Former NBA player Chris Herren's road to recovery brought him to Jordan Road School Tuesday night Nov. 6, where he talked in blunt detail about the perils of drug abuse. But it was an earlier road – a seemingly endless spiral of …
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Analysis of hair to detect drug use

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LAW enforcers will introduce hair analysis to complement urine tests in detecting drug consumption, under amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act. It is one of several changes the Ministry of Home Affairs is making to improve anti-drug enforcement in the …
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