Academic Pill Abuse: Students Unaware of or Ignore Legal Consequences, Side

Academic pill abuse: Students unaware of or ignore legal consequences, side

Filed under: symptoms of drug addiction

Even though use of the drug could mean years in a federal prison, Tommy Farmer, director of the Tennessee Methamphetamine and Pharmaceutical Task Force, said prescription stimulants, such as Adderall and Ritalin, have replaced marijuana as the No. 1 …
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Teens Abuse Prescription ADHD Drugs, Too

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Another recent national study found that calls to poison control centers related to teenaged victims of prescription ADHD medication abuse rose 76% from 1998 to 2005, which was faster than calls for victims of substance abuse generally. Scary but true …
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Addiction, prescribed

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These medications are prescribed for the management of pain, and work by reducing the intensity of brain signals that control pain sensation and emotional responses, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “The symptoms of the pain are being …
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SCANDAL OF BABIES BORN DRUG ADDICTS

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They had become addicted in the womb because their mothers had continued taking drugs throughout their pregnancy. The most common addiction drug was found to be heroin. Doctors say the classic symptoms of a newly-born baby trying to come off drugs …
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