Drug Addiction
Methadone Abuse On The Rise
The Centers for Disease Control found that six times as many persons died from methadone overdoses in 2009 than in 1999.
Pa. Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Neighborhood Methadone Clinics in Philadelphia
State representative Kevin Boyle (center) represents an area of Mayfair where he says a private methadone treatment facility opened secretly, in a residential area.
Delco Mom Charged With Killing Infant Son; Heroin Found In Boy’s Body
“The child’s death wasn’t caused by drowning or suffocation. The child’s death was caused by acute heroin intoxication,” says DA Jack Whelan.
Get Rid Of Your Old Drugs
Another reason for parents to clean out medicine cabinets. Abuse of prescription drugs by teens is on the rise.
Doctors Being Trained In Narcotic Prescriptions
The vast majority of physicians find themselves caught between patients who need strong pain medications to deal with chronic problems and manipulative drug addicts just looking for a fix.
Teen Internet ‘Addicts’ Show Abnormality
A new study finds teenagers who are seemingly addicted to the Internet may have abnormal white matter.
Doctor At Jefferson Works To Speed Up Process Of Weaning Newborns Off Drugs
A baby born dependent on such drugs as methadone or oxycontin requires an average of five weeks in the hospital for treatment with morphine.
Cannaboid Receptors
The same receptors that make people crave marijuana, the cannaboid receptors, may be used to fight cocaine addiction.
Teens Abusing ‘Legal’ Drugs
Whether it’s smoking pot, huffing, or consuming large quantities of cough medicine, the message needs to be sent to teens and young adults that substance abuse is always wrong because it can cause serious harm.
