Kiyan Yazdani, founder of the CyMo Foundation, laments about her son Cyrus Moinzadeh, who died in December of an Oxycontin overdose. Last winter, Cyrus Moinzadeh stepped off a plane in Los Angeles, and after spending the evening with his aunt ...
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Vermont health and law enforcement officials are scrambling to confront a problem of prescription drug abuse in the state that, in some cases, has turned deadly. “Prescription drugs used to treat pain are very effective and important,” said ...
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This holiday season , many people will be confronted with the fact that someone in their family abuses drugs or alcohol . "This is easy to see when looking at the numbers," comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug Rehab Georgia ...
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TAMPA BAY, FL -- More Florida residents died from drug related deaths than traffic accidents in 2007, two and a half times more. Medical experts say it's time to cut down on preventable deaths from overdoses of prescription painkillers, stop pharmacy ...
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WATERBURY, Vt.— Vermont officials plan to gather this week for a seminar on a growing problem in the state: the diversion and abuse of prescription drugs. State figures show that in the first nine months of 2008, 67 people died of overdoses of ...
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ROCKFORD - A new medication offers new hope to people in the Rockford area fighting heroin and opiate addiction. Suboxone works similar to methadone and keeps people from going into the severe symptoms of withdrawal. But, unlike methadone, you can't ...
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Two Rocky Hill residents were among eight people indicted by federal authorities last week as part of aninvestigation into Oxycontin dealing in the area. Richard Cohen and Jennifer Letellier, both of 106 Barnyard Road, Rocky Hill, were arrested after ...
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