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 Restoril side effects
Restoril side effects
Restoril may cause a severe allergic reaction. Stop taking Restoril and get emergency ...
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Heroin use on rise locally
A recent report on drug trends in Ohio reflects black tar heroin is on the ...
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Heroin use on rise locally
A recent report on drug trends in Ohio reflects black tar heroin is on the ...
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Heroin addicts seeking treatment to double
THE Government has been accused of failing in its drugs policy again after figures showed ...
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Cops: Levittown heroin addict linked to bank robberies
A Levittown heroin addict who robbed a bank was quickly arrested by Nassau police as ...
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Dying for drugs: How heroin took hold in Portage
Chris Miller, of Kalamazoo, holds a photo of his son, Devlin, who was 21 years ...
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Dying for drugs: How heroin took hold in Portage
Chris Miller, of Kalamazoo, holds a photo of his son, Devlin, who was 21 years ...
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Medication helps Southington man kick heroin habit
Freeman Heath, 31, of Southington hasn’t used heroin for more than a month after being ...
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Consumptiom of Opium
Consumptiom of Opium
In the industrialized world, the USA is the world's biggest consumer of prescription ...
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History of Opium
History of Opium
Ancient use (4200 BC - 800 AD)
Poppy crop from the Malwa region ...
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History of Opium
Ancient use (4200 BC - 800 AD)
Poppy crop from the Malwa region ...
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Opium
Opium
Opium is a narcotic formed from the latex (i.e., sap) released by lacerating (or "scoring") ...
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Many non-medical users crush the tablets and either snort the resulting powder, or dissolve it in water and "cook" it for intravenous injection.
Some street names for Ritalin are :
Kibbles and bits, speed, west coast, vitamin R, r-ball, smart drug
Ritalin is a Schedule II Controlled Substance. Other Schedule II drugs are Oxycontin and Percocet.
According to a new DEA report, in some U.S. schools a staggering 30 percent of students are medicated. |
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Statistics on Ritalin
- Current estimates are that ten percent of people are so affected, or one
out of every six boys. This number is routinely accepted in the professional
literature. If ten percent of the people in this country need drugs to function
optimally, are we describing a disorder or making a statement about our society?
- Ritalin/amphetamines will help anyone concentrate, ADHD or not. This complicates
the matter. For if everyone could have increased concentration by taking these
medications, who should decide which students and athletes get prescriptions
and which don't? Further, if these drugs really are so benign why wouldn't
we want to make them more widely available? I believe it is because we instinctively
feel that something about it is wrong.
- Thirty years ago amphetamines were a menace. The word was, "speed kills"
Many became addicted. Now we are saying that it or its cousin should be prescribed
routinely for children, often to ones who are as young as kindergartners.
The long term effects of this approach on such a wide scale are unknown.
- We are telling children from the youngest of ages that they must take medication
to function normally without really examining the long term effects of this
radically different approach to child psychology.
- The abuse of methylphenidate has been reported in Baltimore, mostly among
middle and high schools students; Boston, especially among middle and upper-middle
class communities; Detroit; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Phoenix; and Texas.
- When abused, methylphenidate tablets are often used orally or crushed and
used intranasally.
- In 1999, 165 methylphenidate-related poison calls were made in Detroit;
419 were reported in Texas, with 114 of those involving intentional misuse
or abuse.
- On Chicago's South Side, some users inject methylphenidate (this is referred
to as "west coast"). Also, some mix it with heroin (a "speedball")
or in combination with both cocaine and heroin for a more potent effect.
- About 80 percent of the 11 million prescriptions doctors write for that
medication each year treat childhood ADHD.
- Production of Adderall and Dexedrine, also used to treat ADHD, has risen
2,000 percent in nine years.
- The increasing use of stimulant medication to treat ADHD in the United States
differs significantly from practices in the rest of the world, according to
United Nations data, Woodworth said. The U.S. produces and consumes about
85 percent of the world's production of Ritalin.
- The use of stimulant medication is not seen just in school-aged children.
The number of preschool children using stimulant medication for ADHD has increased
significantly as well.
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