Generation Rx – Documentary (2008)

Generation Rx – Documentary (2008) – Documentary focusing on prescription drug addiction told by the stories of four addicts.

Two-drug combination helps combat cocaine addiction

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

The US National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated that in 2008, 1.9 million US citizens had used cocaine within the previous month. Approximately one-quarter of all drug-related emergency room visits were linked to cocaine use – amounting to 482,188 …
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Drug–Addicted Former Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Acquiring Painkillers

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

According to investigators, who followed her between February 2007 and December 2008, Barden illegally acquired more than 30,000 pills, primarily hydrocodone and oxycodone, drugs most often used to contain pain, but which also induce euphoria and …
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What OxyContin Addicts in West Virginia Tell Us About the War on Drugs

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A decade ago only about 5% of those seeking treatment in West Virginia needed help with opiate addiction. Today that number has ballooned to 26%. It recorded 91 overdose deaths in 2001. By 2008 that number had risen to 390. Drug overdoses are the …
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