MENTAL HEALTH: Prescription Drug Abuse: Definitions, Symptoms, and Help – Evansville Courier-Press

Published July 30, 2012

MENTAL HEALTH: Prescription Drug Abuse: Definitions, Symptoms, and Help – Evansville Courier-Press
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Prescription drug abuse ranks only second to marijuana among illicit … These may include accidental overdose sometimes resulting in death, progression to addiction, job loss, loss of relationships, mood problems, legal problems, incarceration …
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Abuse-Proof OxyContin Pushes Addicts to Heroin and Other Opioids, Survey Finds – Time
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
In other words, the problem is not the drug, but the need for it. When doctors simply cut off patients whom they discover to be misusing drugs, or when pharmaceutical companies introduce abuse-deterrent formulas, the need that drives addiction …
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