Smoking marijuana helps reduce pain, trial shows

September 1st, 2010

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Researchers in Montreal have completed what they say is the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to show that smoking pot really helps to relieve pain.

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Heroin increasing its reach in small towns

August 31st, 2010

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SNOHOMISH — The drug counselor told the five addicts that the odds were stacked against them. Only one of them likely would beat their addiction. The others would come back to rehab or return to drugs for good. One would probably end up in prison and one likely would die.

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Meditox Continues Expansion with Opening of Northeast Headquarters for Drug Detox Center

August 30th, 2010

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Palm Beach, Florida and Voorhees, New Jersey (PRWEB) November 27, 2007 — Meditox, one of the nation’s leading and fastest growing home-based medical opiate detox programs, has announced the…

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Use of opiate doda spreading in B.C.: experts

August 29th, 2010

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Consumption of the opiate doda, an illegal and addictive concoction made from dried poppy pods, is out of control in Metro Vancouver’s South Asian community, experts say.

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Painkillers such as Percocet can push everyday people into risky addiction

August 28th, 2010

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Prescription drug abuse is a staple of daily papers and gossip rags alike — from high-profile celebrity overdoses and massive Oxycontin busts to teen “pharm parties” — but I never really gave the issue much thought. That is, until my doctor gave me a script for Percocet after my C-section surge… Health – addiction – Games – Sexuality – Substance abuse

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