Letters: Drug Abuse Starts With the Individual

Published March 6, 2014

Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The Times offers a very simplistic analysis of America’s drug dependence. As an emergency room physician, I see many chronic-pain patients who “run out” of their allotted opiates and then run to an emergency room. I am sometimes threatened with …
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Growing prescription drug abuse in India says UN report
Prescription drug abuse is growing in India and is a serious problem in South Asia, according to a UN report which said drugs enter the region’s illicit markets through various channels, being diverted from India’s pharma industry and smuggled from …
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New campus coalition for alcohol, drug abuse prevention formed
1:23 p.m., March 6, 2014–The newly formed Campus Coalition for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention held its inaugural meeting earlier this semester to begin expanding and advancing alcohol prevention initiatives at the University of Delaware.
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For many Arizonans, drug abuse starts with a prescription, not a syringe
In 2012, the U.S. Center for Disease Control declared prescription drug addiction a nationwide epidemic … more effective long-term treatments like physical therapy or over-the-counter options such as Tylenol. “They wanted the medical …
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Indonesia faces serious problem in battle against drug abuse
JAKARTA, March 5 (Xinhua) — Indonesia has to tackle a big problem in its battle against rampant drug abuse in the country as its rehabilitation facilities are barely capable of healing drug abusers. Despite criminalization against those involved in …
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Despite drive, drug abuse cases show 24% rise this year
KOCHI: Despite various initiatives, including awareness programmes, by various law enforcement agencies, cases of narcotic substance abuse, registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, have witnessed a 24% increase in …
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