More States Focusing on Prescription Drug Problem

Published October 14, 2013

More states focusing on prescription drug problem
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2012 called prescription drug abuse the fastest-growing drug problem in the United States. Between 1999 and 2009, the number of deaths nationwide from opioid painkillers such as hydrocodone and … drug abuse – Bing News

Possible treatment for marijuana abuse found
“Any drug of abuse has to do with dopamine,” said study researcher … More people seek treatment for marijuana use in the United States than for cocaine or heroin use, surveys show. Yet there are no medications approved for treating marijuana … drug abuse – Bing News

Horrific flesh-rotting drug krokodil may be in Chicago, doctor says
More possible cases of the use of krokodil, the flesh-eating drug popular in Russia … abscesses and lesions from infections by the bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. And those who use krokodil would also likely … drug abuse – Bing News

Could Ritalin Treat Cocaine Addiction?
Researchers say the ADHD drug helps normalize brain function in addicts.