San Diego-Based Company Zogenix Responds to Zohydro Criticism

San Diego-Based Company Zogenix Responds to Zohydro Criticism
A San Diego-based company has set up a board of experts to guard against abuse of its powerful new painkiller that public health authorities fear could worsen heroin and prescription drug abuse. Zogenix, which makes Zohydro, said the drug is no more potent …
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Steel Magnolia Singer’s Battle with Drug Abuse
17, 2011, Joshua Scott Jones was alone in the presidential suite at a San … addiction and entered rehab. “It was the most difficult thing of my adult life,” says Jones, 33. “But I needed to change. Something had to give.” The singer’s drug …
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Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin sobriety
But of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012 … There are about 12,000 addiction treatment programs nationwide, according to the nonprofit Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia.
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Why is underage drinking targeted when studies suggest it is in decline?
The Beer Institute quotes the federal government's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which they claim shows "record low levels" of underage drinking among adolescents. Records for this particular survey, however, only began in 2002, so it …
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Increased heroin use draws attention in California
California has seen an increase in heroin addicts seeking treatment since fiscal year 2006-2007, as a percentage of addicts seeking treatment for all drugs, including alcohol, according to the California Department of Health Care Services. 2006-07: 15.7.
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CRIME BLOTTER: Reported offenses in the Tri-parish area
Guidry was arrested and booked in the Lafourche Parish Detention Center on charges of monetary instrument abuse, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is currently being held in lieu of a $ 31,000 bond as set by Judge Jerome J.
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