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Prescription painkiller overdoses surpass 'street' drugs

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Across the country, health experts are battling a growing prescription drug epidemic that is killing almost 15,000 people a year – more fatalities than from heroin and cocaine overdoses combined. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports and addiction specialist Dr.
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Counselling addicts through drug and alcohol withdrawal

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I saw the impact that out of control use of drugs and alcohol can have on families and individuals early in my life in Woodstock, Ont. It's a community that was ravaged by prescription opiate addictions. I also saw people have great comebacks … I …
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Rising painkiller addiction shows damage from drugmakers' role in shaping …

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… posed problems of addiction for patients. The label on the drug, which was approved by the FDA, said the risks of addiction were “reported to be small. … Academic and industry articles dismissed the old fears as “opiophobia.” These reports …
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Codeine Abuse Spreading Like Wild Fire

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In Bauchi, young people between the ages of 12 and 25 years are the majority victims of drugs addiction including codeine abuse, according investigations by Weekly Trust. The State Commandant of the NDLEA Mr Pariah Julius Bawa "one of our major …
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