Posted on Dec 12, 2011 in Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer The Good Samaritan 911 law seeks to address research that finds a majority of people who witness a drug overdose are hesitant to call 911 because they fear being arrested for drug possession, The Huffington Post reports. The article notes that […]
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Posted on Dec 11, 2011 in Alcohol | Comments Off Buffer The vodka Red Bull, or VRB, has become a favorite cocktail among some young revelers. (One fan even made a video homage, to the tune of Rupert HolmesÕ 1979 hit ÒEscape:The Pi?a ColadaÊSong.Ó) But scientists say that tipplers of caffeine-laden energy drinks mixed with
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Posted on Dec 10, 2011 in Emergency department, Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer Ê Nearly three-fourths of ecstasy-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2009 also involved other drugs, according to data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). Of the estimated 22,816 ecstasy-related ED visits in 2009, approximately one-fourth (26%) involved ecstasy
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Posted on Dec 11, 2011 in Substance Abuse | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia ItÕs cheaper, perhaps more powerful and definitely more dangerous than even crack cocaine. The new illicit drug is Òoxi,Ó known,ÊThe Rio Times of BrazilÊnotes, Òas the drug of deathÓ because those hooked on it often die within a year. But
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Posted on Dec 10, 2011 in Alcoholism | Comments Off Buffer A study that examined the influence of LR in conjunction with other characteristics Ð like family history of AUDs and age of drinking onset Ð has found that LR is a unique risk factor for AUDs across adulthood and is not simply a reflection
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Posted on Dec 9, 2011 in Therapeutically Based Treatment | Comments Off Buffer Long-term buprenorphine-naloxone treatment reduces opioid use by those dependent on prescription painkillers, according to the first randomized, controlled trial using a medication for the treatment of prescription opioid dependence. Nearly one-half (49%) of those receiving 12 weeks of treatment with the opioid
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Posted on Dec 9, 2011 in Alcoholism, The Brain And Addiction | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia ÊResearchers have long known that individuals with a positive family history of alcoholism (FHP) are at an increased risk themselves for alcoholism. This increased risk may be due to their different reaction to alcohol than individuals with
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Posted on Dec 9, 2011 in Addiction Recovery, Mental health | Comments Off Buffer Living through weddings or divorces, job losses and childrenÕs triumphs, we sometimes feel better and sometimes feel worse. But, psychologists observe, we tend to drift back to a Òset pointÓ Ñ a stable resting point, or baseline, in the mindÕs level
Posted on Dec 8, 2011 in opioids | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Methadone appears to be involved in a large proportion of opioid-related deaths in the U.S., researchers found. A third of the deaths related to this painkiller class implicated methadone, although the addiction-recovery drug represents less than 5% of opioid prescriptions, according
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Posted on Dec 8, 2011 in Benzodiazepine (Benzos) | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia A new national study shows that from 1998 to 2008 (the most recent year with available figures) substance abuse treatment admissions among those 12 and older related to the abuse of benzodiazepine drugs rose from 22,400 in 1998 to approximately
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