heroin and cocaine

Deaths From Painkiller Abuse Should Lead to Shifts in Health Industry

...  from painkiller abuse should lead to shifts in health industry The number of deaths — 16,651 in 2010, according to statistics released last month — has tripled since 1999 and is now greater than fatalities from heroin and cocaine… Continue reading

Limiting Access to Alcohol Reduces Violence

...  Access to Alcohol Reduces Violence Alcohol plays a powerful role in U.S. social and cultural life — and has since colonial times — despite decades of research documenting it as more dangerous and physically destructive than heroin and cocaine… Continue reading

Police Crack Down on Izms, a Chemical Alternative to Marijuana, but Lay No Charges

...  slowing and Canada is being hauled before a human rights tribunal to face allegations it mistreats aboriginal children. Ontario's … “Black people go to jail for possessing and selling crack … Read more on Toronto Star 5 arrested on… Continue reading

The Implication

...  Implication The drugs can also be tested and manufactured properly, avoiding the “meth-splosions” we hear so much about, and the less often heard of deaths resulting from impurely cut drugs like heroin and cocaine. Currently, addiction to a… Continue reading

New York Police Arrest Two People for Recent Drug Activity

...  York Police Arrest Two People for Recent Drug Activity FOX44 and ABC22 is checking out prices at the pump as some experts say a tiny bit of relief could be on the way with a drop in the prices.… Continue reading

Koop, Who Transformed Surgeon General Post, Dies

...  who transformed surgeon general post, dies He said cigarettes were as addictive as heroin and cocaine. And he shocked his … But he insisted that Americans, especially young people, must not die because they were deprived of explicit… Continue reading