Psychemedics “Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler has entered a rehab facility for pain management and an addiction to prescription painkillers resulting from 10 years of performance injuries, PEOPLE has learned.” https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/23/steven.tyler.pain.killers/index.html
“FAIRBANKS — A Fort Wainwright woman has been accused of giving a prescription drug to her daughter so the teen could sell it at her high school.” https://newsminer.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Woman+accused+of+giving+daughter+drugs+to+sell+at+Fairbanks+school%20&id=5253086&instance=home_most_popular
“MEXICO CITY — Gunmen mowed down the family of a Mexican marine just hours after the military honored him as a national hero for losing his life during a raid that took down powerful drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva.” https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMi5B2USfJStXxfqgWWr2xjRYpOgD9COGH200
“For some users, prescription-strength pain pills are how they get by until the next dose of heroin. For others, pills are how they start down a dangerous path.” https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/20091210/NEWS01/912100322
“CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. An employee of a Sonic restaurant in southeast Missouri is accused of cooking methamphetamine at the restaurant.” https://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1623068.html
Repeated use of the drug popularly known as “ecstasy” significantly raises the risk of developing sleep apnea in otherwise healthy young adults with no other known risk factors for the sleep disturbance, a new study by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests. The finding is the latest highlighting the potential dangers of the amphetamine-style chemical, currently used … Read more
Deaths from opioid use in Ontario, Canada, have doubled since 1991 and the addition of long-acting oxycodone to the drug formulary was associated with a 5-fold increase in oxycodone-related deaths, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Most of these additional deaths were accidental. Opioids are among the most commonly prescribed medications … Read more
“In Elkhart, meth is not the only illegal drug, but it is the one that has dealt the hardest blow to its working-class gut, bringing down many men and women who staff the area’s RV factories. Over the course of the recession, at least one aspect of the problem has worsened: By mid-November of this … Read more
Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score on the so-called ‘scale of craving’, an antisocial personality type and previous heroin abuse … Read more
“The drug scene in Van Wert County has taken a dangerous turn. Where last year, the majority of drug cases involved prescription drugs or marijuana, Van Wert Police are now having to deal with a comeback from heroin. Heroin is the most powerful of the opiates and is also the most addictive. But greater availability … Read more