Ohio addictions chief addresses overdose deaths

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The head of the state's addictions agency said Tuesday that data showing a record high number of deaths from prescription painkillers and other drugs in 2011 is one more reason to expand the federal-state program for poor children and families. Nearly …
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Addiction Isn't a Disease, I'm Just a Dick

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It seems lots of these victims need to be empowered and put into school or given a job rather than sitting in group therapy for six hours a day talking about drugs and how addiction rules their life. … In New York, a huge portion of the people in …
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Not taking your medication, or taking waaay too much? The data knows …

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If Express Scripts' numbers are correct, the abuse and misuse (which the company calls “nonadherence”) of prescription drugs can have a pretty staggering effect on the health care market. Nonadherence, the company claims, results in expenditures of …
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Pain management in NFL spawns culture of prescription drug abuse

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It's an issue the league has grappled with for many years: a culture of prescription drug use and misuse that stretches from the locker room into retirement, and even on to coaching staffs, with uneven oversight or uniform guidelines. Numerous studies …
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