Amphetamines: Killer Stimulants
Amphetamines were developed in the beginnings of the 20th century. As use of amphetamines spread, so did their abuse. In the 1960s, amphetamines became a perceived remedy for helping truckers to complete their long routes without falling asleep, for weight control, for helping athletes to perform better and train longer, and for treating [...]
Internet Labeled a “Pharmaceutical Candy Store”
The amount of drugs that can be obtained by many through the internet is causing concern in many.
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia warns that the internet is a way that many bare getting prescription drugs- without prescriptions.
Mary Rieser, Director of The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in [...]
The Atlanta Recovery Center Warns of Adderall Prescription Drug Abuse
Going to college is always exciting; new places, new friends. Learning about history, science, math, and the drugs to help you with your finals. Your new friends can teach you a lot about Adderall, the new drug on campus.
Studying for finals? Need to stay up late [...]
Well done to Robbie Williams – he returned from prescription drug abuse – the Vicodin and the Adderall and lived to tell the world.
He stopped the drugs before they utterly stopped him.
We need more real life stories like this to happen, so they can be told.
“ROBBIE Williams confessed last night that he had guzzled “heart-stopping” [...]
This article from Hollyscoop regarding Lindsay Lohan deserves attention. If Lindsay is addicted to prescription drugs, then it does not matter if her father has to yell from the roof-tops to let the world know. Prescription drug abuse can be deadly – Oxycontin, Xanax, Adderall – these are things of death, not life.
It is not [...]
This story about the drug pilfering druggist is very intriguing and opens up the floor to discussion about how much of this is really going on with medical professionals.
Well done to this gentleman for managing to return to pharmacology several times and regaining his license after treatment. However, is that very wise? It seems that [...]
As the graph of pharmaceuticals sales rises, so will the graph rise on overdose related deaths – commensurately.
Oxycontin, Dilaudid, Vicodin, Xanax and other drugs like Adderall quite frequently wind up in the wrong hands. This is no secret and that many people are dying should come of no surprise.
These drugs are sold by “passive pushers.”
Because [...]
College is the place that many youth get introduced to Adderall, pot, prescription drugs and binge drinking. It is only fitting that it also be a purveyor of drug prevention and education. Good for AdCare North Dartmouth for providing it.
The indication that these classes are going to include responsibility as part of prevention is the [...]
Many campuses nationwide are taking prescription drug abuse seriously.
“Aderall, Ritalin, and other prescription drugs are being abused at an alarming rate,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of The Atlanta Recovery Center. “We have seen an increase in the past few
years of college students seeking help for their prescription drug addiction.
“Unfortunately, the pressures of college life, [...]
