Prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse has surpassed illegal drug abuse in recent years, and is one of the leading causes of overdose admissions to emergency rooms.
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Massachusetts Acquires New Tracking System to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Last week, health officials from Massachusetts’ Public Health Council unanimously approved the implementation of a new state detection system that will help physicians prevent prescription drug addicts from doctor shopping.
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Corey Haim: A Victim of Doctor Shopping
California’s top law official reported Tuesday that former child actor Corey Haim had prescriptions for as many as 553 dangerous drugs in the last year of his life, which was the result of "doctor shopping," or visiting numerous doctors to fraudulently obtain prescription drugs. This issue has been raised in numerous celebrity deaths, including Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson, and Health Ledger. Madison Park of CNN writs that doctors say they often rely on their own instant judgments in the office and have little reliable means of double-checking the patients’ information.
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Elton John Helped Eminem Get Clean and Sober
Legendary singer Sir Elton John talked to BBC Radio 5’s Danny Baker about helping rapper Eminem conquer his addiction to prescription drugs. John, who has been open about his own past drug abuse, said he has been helping Eminem get clean for more than a year, and that the rapper is doing “brilliantly.”
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US Teen Drug Use Survey Released
The federal government’s annual report of kids’ alcohol and drug abuse found that among 46,000 American eighth, 10th, and 12th graders, use of hallucinogens, marijuana, methamphetamines decreased in 2008. But although drug and alcohol use seems to be declining or holding steady, there has been slippage in teen disapproval of such practices and perception of risks, officials warned.
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Lindsay Lohan’s Father Says She is Addicted to Prescription Drugs
Actress Lindsay Lohan’s father claims the star is battling an addiction to prescription drugs. Lindsay was in Paris earlier this week to debut her fashion collection and broke down in tears while on the catwalk.
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Propofol Abuse Among Doctors and Nurses
Michael Jackson’s death has made the drug propofol—a powerful anesthesia usually only used in hospital settings—a household name, but it has also raised awareness of the growing problem of propofol abuse among doctors and nurses.
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The Lesson of Michael Jackson’s Death
By Suzanne Kane
To millions of fans and others around the world, Michael Jackson was nothing less than a music phenomenon. Over the course of three decades his music and lyrics touched, shocked, outraged, perplexed, and inspired people from every walk of life.
Whether you lived in bustling New York City or a third-world country, Michael Jackson’s music eventually made its way into your life. How he lived, and how he died on June 25, 2009, will similarly be forever etched in our consciousness. It cannot be otherwise, given the plethora of publicity about this admittedly reclusive and, some would say, tortured genius.
Is there a lesson to be learned from the life and death of Michael Jackson? What does an analysis of his life teach us about how to live—and how not to? Here are some thoughts.
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