Teen Prescription Drug Abuse Prompts Calls for Medicine Cabinet Locks, Drug Disposal
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
Teen abuse of prescriptions drugs is on the rise. Unlike illicit drugs such as heroin or methamphetamine, the drugs often come from a place very close to home; parents’ medicine cabinets. Parents are often shocked to discover that narcotics from their medicine cabinets found their way to teen parties and ended up in fatal drug [...]
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Florida Prescription Pill Problem a Growing Trend
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
The fact that prescription medication addiction is a growing problem is dominating headlines. One mother addicted to painkillers falls asleep while her baby drowns in the bathtub; a group high on Xanax seeks money and winds up beating a man to death; an appliance repairman is arrested for stealing pain pills when he should be [...]
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Frequency of Doctor Shopping Within Prescription Monitoring Programs
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
New research found a two-fold increase in the likelihood of individuals receiving opioids from multiple providers (or “doctor shopping”) when they were being simultaneously prescribed an additional class of controlled substances, such as benzodiazepines or amphetamines. When there was more than one additional drug class involved, there was a 13-fold increase for individuals seeing multiple [...]
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Opioid Use and Risk of Overdose a Growing Problem
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
While medical marijuana used to grab a significant amount of attention due to its popularity, the most common now is the opioid painkiller. A recent post in the LA Times captures the problems associated with the use of this drug, including its addictive properties.
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Dr. Drew Introduces Rx Locker to Prevent Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
Due to the rising problem of teens and prescription drug abuse, Dr. Drew Pinsky, host of “Celebrity Rehab” and “Sex Rehab,” recently debuted the Rx Locker, a device designed to secure prescription medications within the home to restrict unauthorized access and prevent abuse.
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How to Help Prevent Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
If you’re a parent and you have teens at home (or even adolescents), don’t think that your prescription drugs are safe in your medicine cabinet. They’re not. And it doesn’t mean that your teen is necessarily going to raid your prescription stash so they can go out and get high – although that may very [...]
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Lindsay Lohan Reportedly Walks Out of Attempted Intervention
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
In the newest twist to the highly publicized debate over actress Lindsay Lohan’s alleged addiction to prescription drugs, Lohan reportedly bolted from a planned intervention by concerned friends.
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Country Singer Melonie Cannon Opens Up About Prescription Drug Addiction
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
Nashville-based bluegrass musician Melonie Cannon has opened up about her recent battle with prescription drug abuse, which reached its lowest point around the same time as the release of October 2008 album, “And the Wheels Turn.” The album’s first single, “I Call it Gone,” was already a huge success, and the album also contained a [...]
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Lindsay Lohan’s Mom Wants Dad to Stop “Blabbing” About Alleged Addiction
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
In a new chapter to the battle over Lindsay Lohan’s alleged addiction to prescription drugs, mom Dina Lohan told People magazine that she wants her ex-husband to stop “blabbing” about their daughter and worry about his own problems.
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Family Wants to Stage Intervention to Help Addicted Lindsay Lohan
Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
Days after Lindsay Lohan’s father Michael spoke out about her addiction to prescription drugs, the media learned that the entire Lohan family wants to stage an intervention for the troubled star.