Painkillers

Boulder High School Students Overdose On Painkillers

Boulder Daily Camera | Vanessa Miller | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Painkillers, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Prescription Painkillers, Hospital, Drug Overdose, Justice High School, Boulder, Denver News

Five Justice High School students are recovering today after overdosing on prescription painkillers that one student brought to class Wednesday, accor...

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Drug Addiction On The Rise In Gaza

Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ivan Karakashian | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

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GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians struggling to cope with the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the trauma of war are turning to painkillers and tran...

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Barney Frank Mocks Limbaugh's Drug Use, Sarah Palin On Leno (VIDEO)

Posted 11.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Video, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Leno, Barney Frank, Addiction, Painkillers, Glenn Beck, Pills, Comedy News

It's a safe bet that Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rush Limbaugh don't have any dinner plans. Frank called out the conservative radio host for his ...

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Cursing, A Natural Painkiller?

ABC News | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Painkillers, Health, Cursing, Profanity, Curse, Profane, Living News

Stubbed your toe? Burned your hand on a hot pot? Go ahead and curse. It might make you feel better. New study shows the use of profanity might be a p...

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A Ban on Painkillers Helps No One

Joshua Lyon | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Percocet, Prescription Painkillers, Dea, Prescription Drugs, Banning, Painkillers, Prescription Pills, Vicodin, Pills, Prescription Medication, Fda, Health, Living News
Joshua Lyon

We can't combat painkillers like any other drug epidemic by trying to eliminate the source. The medications must remain available to people who are living with debilitating diseases.

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Panel Wants Ban on Percocet and Vicodin

nytimes.com | Gardiner Harris | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Food and Drug Administration, Acetaminophen, Prescription Painkillers, Ban, Percocet, Prescription Drugs, Women's Health, Painkillers, Liver, Vicodin, Men's Health, Narcotics, Liver Health, Wellness, Health, Living News

A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the...

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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