Anti-Addiction Drugs Found In Philip Seymour Hoffman's Apartment

Anti-Addiction Drugs Found In Philip Seymour Hoffman's Apartment

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New York City detectives confirmed that, along with the 50 bags of heroin found in Philip Seymour Hoffman's apartment at the time of his death, they also found a variety of prescription drugs including the addiction-treatment drug buprenorphine …
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Hilton Head High trying to combat student drugabuse problems

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Hilton Head Island High School is searching students and checking their hall passes more closely after several became ill after taking a combination of a prescription drug and a cold-and-cough medicine. The drugs are Xanax and Coricidin, according to …
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How heroin kills you

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In 2011, 4.2 million Americans over the age of 11 had tried heroin at least once, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. An estimated 23% of them will become addicts. And it's addicts who die more frequently than new users, studies show.
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