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End-of-life care issues in COPD - 25 Mar 2008
Pulse,Follow guidelines on use of opiates for dyspnoea and pain. • Assess patients’ core values and explore attitudes to active care.
Massachusetts workers used more speed in 2007 - 25 Mar 2008
BostonNOW,More Massachusetts workers ingested speed and opiates in 2007 than a year before, according to new drug testing index numbers, reported in the annual survey
WestConn takes lead in anti-drug message - 25 Mar 2008
Danbury News Times,Marijuana used to be the gateway drug, but now the first drugs are opiates that kids get from their parent's medicine cabinets, he said.
RIA to Sponsor Lecture Series on Addictions-Related Topics - 25 Mar 2008
UB News Center,...expert on the role of dynorphin neurotransmission and kappa-opioid receptor activation in mediating drug dependence toward psychostimulants and opiates.
Acadia methadone clinic ups treatment capacity - 25 Mar 2008
Bangor Daily News,Methadone in liquid form is used to treat addiction to illegal opiates such as heroin as well as to prescription drugs such as OxyContin,
TV drug program leaves suburbs behind - 25 Mar 2008
Enterprise News,...have died within three years from overdoses of opiates, such as heroin, as well as oxycodone, the chief ingredient in the powerful painkiller OxyContin.
Keeping the faith or a lack thereof - 25 Mar 2008
The Daily Evergreen,I got the impression they wanted me to try religions like the opiates Karl Marx described. I wasn’t looking for a high. I was looking for the real thing.
Safety Valve: Letters from readers - 25 Mar 2008
The Wenatchee World Online,...which took twice as long, provided there were absolutely no concurrent depressants onboard (ie alcohol, marijuana, opiates or benzodiazepines).
Man makes off with opiates, sunglasses - Mar 24, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,Police are looking for a knife-wielding robber who took OxyContin and sunglasses from a drugstore early Sunday in Salt Lake City. About 1:30 am,
Opiates are used more in jails than cannabis - Mar 13, 2008
Times Online,The abuse of heroin and other opiates is more widespread than cannabis in jails in England and Wales, according to figures published yesterday.
One in 25 inmates 'takes opiates' - Mar 13, 2008
BBC News,One in 25 prisoners across England and Wales tested positive for opiates such as heroin in 2007, rising to one in six in some jails, government figures show
Six per cent of prison inmates test positive for opiates - Mar 14, 2008
Bolton News,By Jane Lavender THE scale of drug abuse at Forest Bank prison has been revealed as figures show almost 6 per cent of inmates tested positive for opiates,
Methadone: a necessary evil - Mar 18, 2008
BBC News,Methadone is one of several synthetic opiates which are known as opioids. They are produced for medical use and have an effect that is similar to heroin.
Afghanistan produces 93 percent of global opiates -- INCB - Mar 5, 2008
Islamic Republic News Agency,2007 and the country now accounts for 93 percent of the global illicit market for opiates, practically all the heroin in Europe comes from Afghanistan,
The Opiates - 'Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl' - Mar 4, 2008
Gigwise,...by Sean Slingsby 04/03/2008 Electronic duo The Opiates, who are chart topping dance/soul singer Billie Ray Martin and musician/composer Robert Solheim,
Drug review board’s work termed inadequate - Mar 6, 2008
Pakistan Dawn,The report said that Pakistan also had a high abuse rate for opiates; the estimated prevalence among the population aged 15-64 in 2006 was 0.7 per cent.
Survey Explores Drug Use - Mar 14, 2008
Hartford Courant,Cigarettes, marijuana and opiates such as prescription painkillers and heroin were also in the mix. Three percent of seventh- and ninth-graders reported
Bridgend Suicide Drugs Link - Mar 19, 2008
Sky News,Allyn Price had taken opiates, cocaine, and amphetamines when he was found dead in April last year. Social bookmarking allows users to save and categorise a
One in six inmates uses drugs - Mar 13, 2008
Independent,By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent One in six inmates in some jails regularly uses heroin and other opiates, with the class A substances surpassing
Driver found to have drugs in his system - Mar 20, 2008
Wicklow People,Tests revealed that an Arklow man suspected of driving under the influence had opiates and methadone in his system.David McManus, 8 Griffth Street,
Terminal options for the irreversibly ill - Mar 24, 2008
Taipei Times,An oft-used route for patients with intolerable pain or anxiety near the end of life is the use of high doses of opiates to reduce suffering,
UN wants tougher stance on celebrity drug users - Mar 4, 2008
Reuters South Africa,But he said the situation in the world's fastest growing drug producer Afghanistan, now producing more than 93 percent of global opiates, was out of control
Drug cartels running rampant, says UN - Mar 4, 2008
Guardian,The country now accounts for 93% of the global market in opiates. Britain appears to have the worst crack cocaine problem in Europe.
Jet lag clue into death of man during Thailand trip - Mar 8, 2008
ic Wales,Mr Evans tested positive for opiates, which could have been heroin or methadone, in “relatively low concentrations�. Mr Bramwell added that alcohol,
Morphine, not heroin for Afghan poppies - Mar 7, 2008
ABC Online,As well as the production of heroin and other opiates, poppy seeds can also be used to produce painkillers like morphine and codeine, and the Senlis Council
City prison's drug test shame - Mar 14, 2008
Peterborough Today,Meanwhile, more than one in ten men (11.5 per cent) had opiates such as the class A drug heroin in their bodies, the third highest number out of the
Afghan police seize 670 kg opium in Helmand province - Mar 6, 2008
Xinhua,...illicit market for opiates, according to a report issued Wednesday by International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an anti-drug organization under the UN.
Erlestoke prison second worst in country for drugs - Mar 13, 2008
Swindon Advertiser,The scale of drug abuse inside prisons across the country was revealed as figures showed up to one in six inmates tested positive for opiates including
Jail heroin tests 'second worst in country' - Mar 13, 2008
Wiltshire Times,And Erlestoke, a 350-place jail near Devizes, scored the second-highest level of positive tests for heroin and other opiates, at 16.1%.
Rep. Walsh’s substance abuse drug bill makes gains in state committee - Feb 27, 2008
The Daily Item of Lynn,According to Walsh, some opiates have an important place in the medical community and can be vital to those in extreme chronic pain.
Lawsuit names former bishop - Mar 10, 2008
SunHerald.com,Clonidine may itself be abused as it can mimic the effect of opiates, or when taken along with opiates, intensify their effects.
What are High Risk Medications? - Mar 24, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,The drugs on the High Risk list include heparin (maintains blood flow), insulin(controls blood sugar), opiates (acute and chronic pain control),
A Different Way To Treat Opiate Addictions - Mar 2, 2008
West Virginia MetroNews,Those addicted to opiates are the focus of the the medication assisted treatment which uses a drug called buprenorphine. "It's a medication that stops
New season for scandals and Tigers - Mar 24, 2008
Examiner,It seems traditional that at this time of year talk of anterior cruciates is replaced by posteriors and opiates. Fortunately, Melbourne coach Dean Bailey
Drug abuse in prisons exposed - Mar 13, 2008
TeleText,The scale of drug abuse inside jail has been revealed as figures showed one in six inmates in some prisons have tested positive for opiates such as heroin.
Pricier placebo pills pack more punch - Mar 24, 2008
Duke Chronicle,..."When you expect something to give you pain relief, your body actually secretes opiates that make you feel less pain. You can't do it consciously,
Did another rogue nurse inspire plot to steal fatal drugs? - Mar 3, 2008
Yorkshire Post,His unusual use of opiates on patients had already caused concern among senior nursing staff and he had been warned about it.
Efforts seek to curb painkiller abuse - Mar 3, 2008
The Olympian,Dosages for prescription opiates taken by participants in the state's worker's compensation program have risen dramatically since 1998, when state law
Bingeing is no longer a social disorder … it’s the spirit of the age - Mar 22, 2008
Sunday Herald,...meanwhile, were swooning asunder in a collective binge-afflicted nationwide stupor on codeine, morphine, a spectrum of opiates, hallucinogenic alcohol,
Brockton hopes to garner money to fight drug abuse - Mar 24, 2008
Wicked Local Brockton,Opiates depress the respiratory rate and, in an overdose, the person stops breathing. Narcan blocks the effect of the opiate so the person can breathe.
Addiction Epidemic in Young Adults - Feb 29, 2008
ABC30.com,..."Like all opiates, it causes euphoria. It gives you that high. At the same time at the very end of that little pill is that Pandora's Box of a dragon that
No Bad Drugs - Mar 20, 2008
Reason Online,...“The massive use of opiates in the nineteenth century did not translate into widespread dependence and addiction,� he notes, but that was before opiates,
Forum: Voters should take docs' advice - Feb 26, 2008
Traverse City Record Eagle,..."Marijuana has not been shown to be the cause of even the most serious predictor of serious drug abuse," the doctors write, adding pointedly, "Opiates are
Steroid testing eyed for police - Mar 22, 2008
Boston Globe,It costs at least $100 to test for anabolic steroids, but only about $25 for a test that determines whether an officer has taken marijuana, opiates,
Duragesic Patch: Fentanyl is a Cousin to Heroine - Mar 23, 2008
Lawyers and Settlements...for chronic sufferers conditioned to such strong medication, the potential impact to patients not used to the rigors of opiates can be devastating.
Afghanistan supplying 93 percent of world’s illegal opium - Mar 4, 2008
Thaindian.com,New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Afghanistan supplies about 93 percent of the illicit opiates in the global market and 193000 hectares of land in the country are
Drug addict is given a ‘last chance’ - Mar 3, 2008
Bradford Telegraph Argus,By Newsdesk A man hooked on opiates has been given a "last chance" by Bingley magis-trates to get his life in order. Christian Pearson was facing a lifetime
Legal Meth - I-Team 8 Investigation Preview - Feb 27, 2008
WISH,Methadone is an addictive drug but it's legally dispensed by prescription in Indiana to those addicted to opiates like heroin. Some argue treatment centers
How an eccentric new film gave Richard Strange a summer he will ... - Mar 20, 2008
Independent,..."Synthetic drugs stay in the system longer than opiates. Methadone, Valium, temazepam sit in the fat tissue and have a massive half-life.
Woodbury-Bethlehem Parent Connection Substance Abuse Prevention ... - Mar 12, 2008
Voices,Opiates, cocaine and heroin have all been on the increase for several years, he said, especially among high school students. "Something else that people
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