#MemeOfTheWeek: ‘D-Money,’ Race And Drugs In America … Some say that’s because the face of addiction in America today, particularly when it …
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More people than ever in the US are falling victim to the grip of drug addiction, and dying of overdoses. Last year overdose deaths increased by 6.5 per cent – killing 47,055 people. But, rather than the stereotype of a young addict succumbing to their heroin addiction, statistics have revealed prescription painkillers are the most likely culprit. Drugs like OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin, accou
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(Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
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As the year comes to a close, it’s time for one of our favorite traditions, saying goodbye to questionable health trends we’d like to leave behind in 2015. While the year brought promise in certain areas — we moved away from fad diets; the U.S. surgeon general endorsed walking as exercise; and the phrase “harm reduction” became a buzzword – there were also some major letdowns. So in th
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Methamphetamine (MA), which undergoes demethylation to amphetamine (AM), is a highly addictive drug with potent central nervous system stimulant properties [1] and is traditionally the most abused drug in Korea. Amphetamine-derived new designer drugs, such as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), have also become popular as rave drugs among young people since being introduced in the late 1990s
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