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Police in Ottawa are scrambling to try and an solve several unsolved pharmacy crimes that have hit the area in the past month. The pharmacies are being hit in an effort to secure the highly demanded – and highly valuable – addictive painkillers.
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OxyContin and heroin are now being sold interchangeably on street corners, said Nils Frederiksen, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office in Pennsylvania. Oxycontin is a powerful narcotic painkiller that gives users a similar high to heroin.
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Steven Tyler, frontman of the band Aerosmith, has entered a rehabilitation facility to treat an addiction to painkillers that stemmed from 10 years of performance injuries. Tyler said he’s eager to return to work with his band mates.
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There is still a growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse among high school students. For too many of these individuals, the access to these drugs is as close as the medicine cabinet. It is up to parents to pay closer attention and become part of the solution in this growing problem.
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A recent Pentagon health survey showed that about one in four soldiers admit to abusing prescription drugs, most of them pain relievers. The study, which surveyed more than 28,500 U.S. troops last year, showed that about 20% of Marines had also abused prescription drugs, mostly painkillers, in that same period.
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Young people are abusing prescription drugs with alarming frequency, sometimes during "pharm parties" where pills are set out like candy, a man whose son died of an overdose of painkillers told a conference Tuesday.
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Various reports have suggested that Tiger Woods’ mysterious accident could be linked to prescription drug abuse. Florida police have not yet released a full report of the November 27th crash, but a new curious detail has emerged. Woods’ neighbor, Jarius Adams, reached the accident scene almost immediately and then called 911.
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Laboratory tests suggest that morphine—a powerful painkilling narcotic that is often prescribed to relieve pain from surgery and tumors—could actually encourage the spread of cancer. Scientists say the opiate promotes the growth of new blood vessels, which deliver oxygen and nutrients to tumors.
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According to a survey by the Partnership for a Drug Free America, one in five teens has experimented with legal medication at least once. Concerns are also growing that rising numbers of young people are being admitted to hospitals after overdosing.
