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Oxycodone Intoxication: 5 Facts About What Killed Adrienne Martin

Adrienne Martin, the 27-year-old girlfriend of beer magnate August Busch IV, died from accidental oxycodone intoxication. That's the conclusion of the St. Louis County Chief Medical Examiner, which released its report on Martin's December 2010 death today. What is oxycodone, and when is it lethal? Surge Desk found...

Officials: 'Bath Salts' Are Growing Drug Problem

FULTON, Miss. -- When Neil Brown got high on dangerous chemicals sold as bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven't been so lucky after snorting, injecting or smoking powders with such innocuous-sounding names as Ivory Wave, Red Dove...

Addiction-Curbing Injection: A Monthly Dose to Kick Hard Drugs

(Oct. 13) -- A once-a-month injection could help opiate users kick their habit for good, without many of the downsides inherent in current drug treatment options. The medication is called Vivitrol, and it was approved Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of addiction to opioids, like morphine and...

Abbott Withdraws Diet Pill Meridia in US, Canada

WASHINGTON (Oct. 8) -- Abbott Laboratories said Friday it will withdraw its diet pill Meridia in the U.S. and Canada, after coming under pressure from health regulators who say the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a history of heart disease. Companies have struggled for decades to...

Judge to Lohan: Go Directly (Back) to Jail

(Sept. 24) -- This morning, a Los Angeles judge ordered actress Lindsay Lohan to return to jail over a failed drug test that put her in violation of the terms of her probation. Judge Elden Fox denied Lohan bail and has ordered her to jail pending an Oct. 22 hearing. The latest turn in Lohan's legal saga came when the...

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States Cracking Down On Prescription Drug 'Doctor Shopping'

When a new patient comes into Dr. Shawn Jones' office in Paducah, Kentucky complaining of pain and asks for a specific drug without talking about other symptoms, Jones gets suspicious.

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Bath Salts Blamed For Shocking 'Cannibal' Attack In Miami (PICTURES/VIDEO)

Rudy Eugene's cannibalistic attack on a homeless man in Miami is being blamed on a synthetic drug known as 'bath salts'.

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Former Drugs Tsar David Nutt Proposes Alcohol Sensors In Every Car

A former government chief drugs adviser has suggested that there should be alcohol sensors in every car.

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Michael Jackson's Letter To Lisa Marie Presley Pulled From Auction

A letter Michael Jackson wrote to then-wife Lisa Marie Presley has been pulled from an auction at the request of Presley, reports TMZ.

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Taking Drugs is Not a Disease

People use narcotics usually for one of two things - for the pursuit of pleasure, or to escape painful memories.

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06/01/12 Report: Friends say Seau had insomnia Source: CBS - KCCI 8 - Des Moines IA Junior Seau had insomnia in the months leading up to his suicide and often took strong sleep aids, not always as directed, according to friends, USA Today reported Thursday in an investigative story.
06/01/12 'Hep C doctor' had history of drug abuse Source: The Age - Melbourne VIC - Australia A DOCTOR accused of infecting 56 women with hepatitis C at a Croydon abortion clinic was among a group of drug-addicted anaesthetists who returned to practice at Box Hill Hospital as part of a rehabilitation program during the 1990s.
06/01/12 Alcohol-Related Boating Deaths in CT Exceed National... Source: Stonington-Mystic Patch - Stonington-Mystic CT The the number of alcohol-related boating deaths in Connecticut have increased since 2006 and exceed the national rate, according to the New Haven Independent.
06/01/12 Warning over extra strong heroin in Newcastle Source: ChronicleLive - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Tyne And Wear - UK EXTRA strong heroin is being circulated on the streets of Newcastle.
06/01/12 GenzymeÃ¢s MS Therapy Teriflunomide Shows Positive... Source: Genetic Engineering News Genzyme reported initial positive results from a Phase III study of oral teriflunomide in patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Patients receiving teriflunomide 14 mg had a statistically significant reduction in annualized relapse rate and risk of sustained accumulation of disability, the primary and secondary endpoints, respectively.

Background on Psychoactive drugs

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it affects brain function, resulting in changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior.

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