Legal drugs cause most Vic overdoses

Legal drugs cause most Vic overdoses

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The statistics, released as part of Eastern Health's Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre report, show that while call-outs for illegal drugs such as ecstasy and cocaine have dropped, legal drugs – particularly prescription medication – are causing …
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How the War on Drugs Destroyed My Family

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I used to be told that a person was “hooked” on drugs; that heroin, marijuana, and cocaine were fiendish substances that changed brain chemistry–they had an evil power. Today we know that changing a habit is easy for some people and difficult for …
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Drug-overdose antidote is put in addicts' hands

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During the same period, deadly overdoses from opiate-like drugs, including painkillers, have nearly quadrupled, from 4030 to 15597. Naloxone works by blocking certain drug receptors in the brain. It has no effect on alcohol or cocaine overdoses but can …
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Inver Grove Heights: For supplying drugs before overdose, fiance gets year in jail

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By Maricella Miranda A St. Paul man who supplied drugs to his fiancee before she overdosed in 2010 has been ordered to serve a year in jail after pleading guilty to a felony charge of selling drugs. A third-degree murder charge against Dennis James …
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