“I had been nursing this baby through a drought, and I was pretty pissed to tell you the truth.”
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Drug Tests: More American Workers Are Testing Positive
Goodbye opioids. Hello heroin. Cheaper and easier to get heroin nowadays than prescription pain killers.
Source: Drug Tests: More American Workers Are Testing Positive
The number of U.S. workers testing positive for illegal drugs has reached its highest level in a decade, according to a new study. With a huge jump in heroin use.
Counterfeit Alprazolam (Xanax) Contains Fentanyl and/or Etizolam – The Poison Review
Claims For Medical Help With Opioid Abuse Jump Sharply – NPR
Insurance claims for medical services related to opioid dependence rose more than 3,000 percent between 2007 and 2014, a study finds, suggesting that opioid problems have gone mainstream.
Source: Claims For Medical Help With Opioid Abuse Jump Sharply : Shots – Health News : NPR
Pharma Marketing Blog: FDA’s Dependence on User Fees & “Institutional Corruption” Blamed for Dramatic Increase in Drug Adverse Events and Deaths
Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
Marijuana users also less likely to quit drinking, researchers say
Source: Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
W-18, a synthetic opiate 100 times more potent than Fentanyl – The Poison Review
Last August, Canadian police seized 110 illegal fentanyl pills at a home in Alberta province. Yesterday, Global News reported that some of the pills have tested positive for an extremely potent opi…
Source: W-18, a synthetic opiate 100 times more potent than fentanyl | The Poison Review
Opioid Overdose Deaths Keep Rising | Medpage Today
Following a relative plateau around 16,000 deaths per year, prescription opioid overdose deaths shot up 16% in 1 year to 18,893 deaths in 2014, Rose Rudd, MSPH, of the CDC, and colleagues reported in Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. Heroin deaths also continued to jump, reaching 10,574 that year, up from about 8,000 in 2013. The latest rate is nearly three times the heroin overdose rate in 2010, the CDC said.
Source: Opioid Overdose Deaths Keep Rising | Medpage Today
What’s killing white, middle-aged women in America? – Quartz
Opioid Abuse & Mortality Trends – Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Journals & Articles
Physician’s Weekly provides news & information online and at the point-of-care to hospitals, oncology centers & physician group practices, including specialty editions for Surgery, Emergency Departments, Oncology & Primary Care.
Source: CME: Opioid Abuse & Mortality Trends | Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Journals & Articles
Will someone please explain to me why as an industry we continue to test life insurance applicants for cocaine but choose to ignore other drugs of abuse?
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