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Some are Still Suffering from Initial False Advertising on Oxycontin

Monday, 20 July 2009 00:48 Matt Hawk

Reportedly the six hundred million dollars that Oxycontin manufacturer, Purdue agreed to pay in damages barely scratches the surface of the harm that has been done to Oxycontin users.

Initial marketing, which minimized the addictive element of the pain killer Oxycontin, lured individuals in with its low risk of addiction hype. The fact that Purdue pled guilty to criminal charges of misleading regulators, doctors and patients, did not change the fact that thousands had been prescribed the drug and many were already hopelessly addicted at the time of the verdict and still are.

Pill Mills Prescribe Drug Addiction

Sunday, 19 July 2009 23:29 Matt Hawk

There’s a lot more than oranges that visitors to south Florida can get these days.

South Florida has a booming pain clinic industry- and purveyor of pain pills. The region has begun to be known as the pill mill capitol of the United States. Authorities in the area are struggling with the embarrassing and deadly problem. There is much debate as to the reasons this part of Florida became the nation’s medicine cabinet.

"That is the $21-million question," said Joel Kaufman, executive director of the United Way of Broward's Commission on Substance Abuse. "The loose regulation and oversight has been one contributing factor."

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MDMA Abuse Ecstasy Or Death At the Club

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 21:26 Matt Hawk

Ambulances frequently park outside Raves (a large dance and party in a big space-much like old fashioned discotheques.) They aren’t on call to treat those who might faint from overdoing it on the dance floor. They are on standby to save the lives of any teens that might overdose on ecstasy. Ecstasy and Rave are almost synonymous. Where there are Raves there is ecstasy and where there is ecstasy there is potential harm or death.

While it might seem to make the dance floor more fun, for some, it is their Swan Dance.

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The Patients are Drug Addicts

Wednesday, 08 July 2009 18:13 Matt Hawk

It appears that segments of the medical community are trying to take their job back – deciding what is best for their patients.

For the past several years the idea of Physician diagnosis leading to correct treatment has gotten lost in the din of TV pharmaceutical commercials.

Relegating a Physician’s role to “Ask your doctor if this drug is right for you” put big Pharma up front and left the Medical Doctor taking the orders and the patients as drug addicts.

Legislative sessions have swarmed with lobbyists for the pharmaceutical companies while the Physicians, less trained in Public Relations have allowed their presence to diminish in the eyes of the community and the law makers.

Prescription Drug Abuse Linked to Deaths

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 15:45 Matt Hawk

Florida leads the nation in sales of Oxycondone, a powerful pain killer that has been linked to thousands of deaths across the country.

"It's worse than crack cocaine and heroin have ever been," said Special Agent Mike Driscoll, who heads the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's West Palm Beach office. "It's an extremely serious problem, and it needs the attention of numerous agencies." Drug addiction continues to grow worse across Florida.

Michael Jackson’s Death Calling Attention to Prescription Drug Abuse

Wednesday, 01 July 2009 22:39 Matt Hawk

Close friend to Jackson, Deepak Chopra, reported that Jackson had asked him for prescriptions to pain killers in the past. Chopra said that he then realized that Michael must have been asking many people for prescriptions to the powerful drugs.

In an article in the Huffington Press, Chopra in part blames Jackson’s dependence on these drugs on medical colleagues who failed to realize Jackson’s growing addiction could lead to his death.

Jackson is known to have taken prescriptions ranging from Xanax to Demerol.

Oxycodone and hydrocodone are both synthetic opiate pain relievers similar to Demerol which Jackson is reported to have been injected with shortly before his cardiac arrest.

Prescritption Drug Abuse Education

Thursday, 25 June 2009 14:59 Matt Hawk

The Dark Ages

Intense marketing and a resultant 150% rise in the numbers of prescriptions written has resulted in a growing number of people addicted to prescription drugs.

In a recent press conference Joseph A. Califano Jr., the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University’s director and president said:

"Aggressive marketing of controlled drugs to physicians . . . is designed to increase profits with little regard for abuse potential, Our nation is in the throes of an epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse and addiction."

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Drug Test May Miss Drug Addiction

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 19:08 Matt Hawk

Who would have thought the day would come when parents would feel the need to hire police dogs to see if their kids have drugs? It seems far-fetched, but it is happening and the reasons are easily understood, especially as the world watches the memorial of Michael Jackson. We have already lost too many.

Intense Marketing Fuels Drug Addiction

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 15:19 Matt Hawk

Though they are at two ends of the social spectrum, the pharmaceutical companies and Mexican cartels have one thing in common – they are contributing to an ever growing drug addiction problem and making a good living at it.

In many cases they share the same customers – what an drug addict can’t get on the street, they can usually get from a pain clinic and vise versa.

Mexican drug cartels operate in 195 cities according to a report released by the United States Justice Department, posing an obvious threat to families. The marketing of these drugs is through word on the street and in the school yard, with the cartels frequently hiring American teens to make their sales.

Michael Jackson Drug Addiction Enabled by Fame

Saturday, 27 June 2009 22:07 Matt Hawk

Jackson surrounded by enabling doctors

Michael Jackson’s sudden death yesterday shocked the world, but many in his close circle of friends feared this day would come. Some of those close to him saw the signs of drug abuse and tried to alert the others around him.

Deepak Chopra, who had known Michael for twenty years published a loving tribute to the mis-understood pop star in the Huffington post. He wrote:

“It's not my place to comment on the troubles Michael fell heir to from the past and then amplified by his misguided choices in life. He was surrounded by enablers, including a shameful plethora of M.D.s in Los Angeles and elsewhere who supplied him with prescription drugs. As many times as he would candidly confess that he had a problem, the conversation always ended with a deflection and denial. As I write this paragraph, the reports of drug abuse are spreading across the cable news channels. The instant I heard of his death this afternoon, I had a sinking feeling that prescription drugs would play a key part.”

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Methadone Clinics Cause of Drug Addiction

Thursday, 25 June 2009 02:00 Matt Hawk

Early one morning in Asheville, NC there was one building bustling with activity. There were hundreds of cars in the parking lot and people seemed to be wrapped around the building in a long line. It was like a scene from the great depression, except they were not waiting for soup.

They were waiting for methadone and knew they had to be there because the consequences of methadone withdrawal were too painful to face and they were never offered drug rehabilitation.

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