Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dead of suspected drug overdose
A police department source earlier told Reuters that Hoffman had died of an apparent drug overdose. Hoffman, who is survived by three children with his partner Mimi O'Donnell, had detailed his struggles with substance abuse in the past. "We are …
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Hoffman and the Terrible Heroin Deaths in the Shadows
More people are using heroin, according to a 2012 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration survey. The survey found that between 2007 and 2012, the number of heroin users ages 12 and up increased from 373,000 to 669,000.
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More Attention To Preventing Opioid-Overdose Deaths With Naloxone
So many of our “drugs of abuse” – or drugs of proper use that can be misused – are derived from nature: cocaine from the coca plant, morphine and codeine from the opium poppy, mescaline from the peyote cactus. Heroin, made from morphine in a … Last …
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Suncoast Rehab Center Encourages "Pain Medicine Management" Trend in 2014
10, 2014 — /PRNewswire-iReach/ — A recent Fox Business article predicted 2014's healthcare trends, one of which is an increased focus on pain medicine management—a direct reflection of the stronghold that addiction to pain medication has on the U.S …
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