Doctor: Abuse Of Painkiller Takes New, Dangerous Form

Some doctors are calling it the new crack cocaine — drug abusers are getting high by smoking the powerful painkiller OxyContin.

Experts Seek Options on Painkiller Abuse

Scientists are hunting new ways to help millions of pain sufferers _ from addiction-resistant narcotics to using brain scanners for biofeedback _ amid a worrisome rise in abuse of today's top prescription…

More than 300 pills nabbed in bust

A controlled buy of two tablets led to an arrest and confiscation of more than 300 pills Thursday night in Chattaroy.
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Drugs Pervasive In Sport

As family members await toxicology reports on a 34-year-old professional wrestler, one of his childhood friends says he thinks he knows all too well what killed him.

Despite controversy, methadone program gives some addicts a way out

When he tried to quit using OxyContin, heroin and other opiates cold turkey, the pain was so great he felt it in the marrow of his bones, says Ken S., a patient in Charleston County's methadone program.
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Former junkie describes pain pill addiction

A Florida man speaks out about his drug abuse as he alleges to be a former patient of the doctor accused as the ringleader in the trafficking of illegal prescription drugs into six Kentucky counties, including…
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Heroin addiction is on the rise citywide

Heroin addiction in New York, which ravaged city neighborhoods in the 1970s, has been creeping up again, officials said.

FDA Approves Generic Version Of Adipex-P

FDA has granted final approval for Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories's Abbreviated New Drug Application for Phentermine Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 37.5 mg.
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Indonesia Launches Crackdown On Sex Stimulants

By Mohd Nasir Yusof JAKARTA, Nov 18 — The Indonesian Drug and Food Monitoring Agency has launched a major crackdown on sex stimulants.
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PILEDRIVER: WWE draft should jumpstart post-WrestleMania angles

Two of the most interest ing periods of the year for World Wrestling Entertainment is the buildup and heavy promotion toward its flagship pay-per-view event WrestleMania and the uncertainty of what happens next after WrestleMania.
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