Prescription Pain Pill Epidemic Plows Path to Street Drugs

Published September 23, 2012

Prescription pain pill epidemic plows path to street drugs
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Spivey's story exemplifies a relationship between legitimate pharmaceuticals and an illegal street drug, a connection that treatment centers see with alarming frequency. The number of people seeking treatment for dependence on opium derivatives is …
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Methadone: '60s treatment for drug addiction comes with deadly risks today
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Methadone, a drug available since the 1960s and deemed by the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control as “the most effective treatment for opiate addiction,” is in essence a risk-versus-reward system. By: Brandon Stahl, Duluth …
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