How Illicit Drug Use Has Grown In America Over The Past 44 Years
“America’s public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse,” said Richard Nixon on June 17, 1971. “In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.” This More...
Substance Abuse and Addiction: Global Issues
It’s no secret that the United States is in the midst of a drug epidemic. From the rising popularity of prescription medications to an increased use of drugs like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, rates More...
FDA approves Targiniq ER, extended-release oxycodone, to treat severe pain
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Targiniq ER (oxycodone hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride extended-release tablets), an extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesic to treat More...
Mayor Bloomberg says New York to limit painkillers to emergency rooms, will track bottles with GPS
Last week Mayor Bloomberg let a charge to limit painkillers to emergency rooms as a crackdown on prescription drug abuse. Now Tuesday the NYPD have unveiled a plan to combat the theft of painkillers and other highly More...
Maryland: Heroin overdose deaths up, prescription opioids overdose deaths down
Public domain photo/Psychonaught Newly released data from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shows that from Jan. to Jul. 2012, there was an increase in overdose deaths related to heroin coinciding More...
