Prescription Drug Abuse: Narconon Drug Rehab Warns of Abuse and Addiction.

Prescription Drug Abuse: Narconon Drug Rehab Warns of Abuse and Addiction. – Almost 48 million Americans have used a prescription drug nonmedically at least once in their lifetimes. Narconon Drug Rehab warns that the nonmedical use or…

One in 10 Americans have taken drugs prescribed for others: poll

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Dr. Wilson Compton, a division director at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says dosage levels of prescription drugs are particular to an individual's specific needs and warns against taking a medicine that has not been prescribed. "Simply because …
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The Boy Who Was Too Hard To Treat

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Yet according to behavioural neurology professor Andrew Lawrence of The Florey Institute, drug dependence is, at its core, the behavior of a somewhat dysfunctional brain: a brain that is incapable of making informed decisions. … Dr Katherine Mills …
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ER Visits Related to Brain Stimulants Have Quadrupled

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Not only did we find more effective treatments for things like depression, but it also became apparent — as the National Institute on Drug Abuse now warns — that central nervous system (CNS) stimulants "can lead to feelings of hostility or paranoia …
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