What Addiction Experts Are Saying About Rob Ford's Crack Cocaine Admission

What addiction experts are saying about Rob Ford's crack cocaine admission
“Crack is one of the most highly addictive drugs out there and it is a stimulant,” Robin Haslam, director of programming at Addiction Canada, told Global News' The Morning Show. Story continues below. He said that at the centre, counsellors are rarely …
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'Flesh-eating' drug reported in area
Dr. Abhin Singla, director of addiction services at Presence St. Joseph Hospital, last week reported treating five people with signs of addiction to krokodil, an injected drug that provides a heroin-like high but leaves gangrenous wounds and scaly …
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Prescription drug use at root of many Utah addictions and deaths
Utah is eighth in the nation when it comes to overdose deaths due to prescription pain killers, killing 16.9 per 100,000 in 2010 alone. A new report by Trust for America's Health entitled "Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic …
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