Drugs and Unsafe Housing Blamed for Crisis
Drugs and unsafe housing blamed for crisis
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A recent review of the hospital's emergency department suggests that increased use of amphetamines, such as crystal meth and ecstasy, may help explain the increase in mental health patients. “There is this interesting trend towards what appears to be …
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Continual use leads to blood vessels bursting and eventually causes the skin …
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But even with a drug treatment physician publicly announcing that medics have now treated four users within the U.S., the DEA has said it is not ready to recognize it as an immediate threat. Agency spokeswoman Dawn Dearden told FoxNews.com: 'We, the …
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Death by doctor shopping: how prescription drugs killed Nathan Attard
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The widespread practice of "doctor shopping" has come under scrutiny at an inquest into the deaths of Mr Attard and three others from Sydney who were prescribed vast amounts of painkillers, sedatives and other addictive drugs. Deputy State Coroner …
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