This class of drugs, which includes Xanax and Valium, helps control anxiety and panic attacks. The mere thought of climbing into a car sends Jenn Waterman spiraling into a state of agitation and fear. Waterman, a 30-year-old freelance book editor who lives in Arapaho, North Carolina, survived two near-fatal car accidents as a teenager. Since then, […]
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An estimated two million Americans are dependent on prescription opioids, and the number of deaths linked to the drugs has skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Are you in recovery after battling addiction? Tell us what made you quit. What helped you, and what advice do you have
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The first time I took Valium I was 19 and traveling through Southeast Asia with friends. I was going through my first major breakup and found myself waking up each night screaming. It was pretty dramatic. Someone handed me a Valium and I slept soundly for the first time in weeks. Weirdly, my Valium addiction
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Prince appears to have had a problem with pain pills, one that grew so acute that his friends turned to an addiction doctor just before his death. Prince Rogers Nelson had an unflinching reputation among those close to him for leading an assiduously clean lifestyle. He ate vegan and preferred to avoid the presence of
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Illicitly bought prescription drugs have killed more than a dozen people in California who were expecting something much weaker. A CDC report released Tuesday warns that hospitals in the Bay Area have recently treated at least seven patients who overdosed after taking what they thought was Norco, a medium-strength opioid painkiller. The pills actually contained
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When “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker tells Hannah Morris of Worthington that she doesn’t look like a junkie, she says: “Even Miss America could be a junkie. I mean, anybody can be a junkie.” Whitaker came to Ohio to report on how widespread the heroin epidemic is in Middle America for “60 Minutes” Sunday (7 p.m.,
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On Wednesday, dozens of medical nonprofit groups pleaded with hospital regulators to tighten national rules for prescribing painkillers. America has an opioid epidemic, and West Virginia is ground zero. Opioid overdoses kill 10 people in 12 days in Sacramento area New guidelines aim to reduce epidemic of opioid painkiller abuse Doctors there write 138 prescriptions
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(CNN)The Obama administration is making it easier for doctors to use anti-addiction drugs in the fight against an exploding epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse. It’s part of a package of new initiatives announced Tuesday that includes other efforts to expand addiction treatment and increase coverage for mental health and substance abuse services. These
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Approximately 29 Americans die from heroin overdoses every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But when heroin was first marketed to the public in 1898 by the Bayer Pharmaceutical Company, it was initially marketed as a cough suppressant. Watch the video t learn more facts about the history of heroin in
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Eighty people were arrested in Martin County during weekend drug busts along Interstate 95 near Palm City, deputies said.
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