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How to Stop Addiction: Soldiers, Morphine, and Military Medication
Among most people, morphine is often associated with extreme cases of pain and soothing pain relief, primarily because the drug is used as a pain killer. It has found particular use in hospitals as an element of the post-surgery treatment process, helping patients take their minds off the pain that comes after the procedure has been completed and the anesthetic wears off.
Being one of the most potent pain relief drugs known to medical science, something like morphine is naturally not treated lightly and only used when the situation calls for it. Some experts that advocate non-narcotic pain killers for post-surgery patients admit that there are really no effective alternatives to morphine, due to the drug’s sheer potency. However, for a few hundred to a few thousand addicts around the world, morphine is just another way to get a fix.
SCIENCE: No Safe Limit for Drinking While Driving, UCSD Study Finds – North County Times
Causes of Addiction: SCIENCE: No safe limit for drinking while driving, UCSD study finds – North County Times
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SCIENCE: No safe limit for drinking while driving, UCSD study finds
North County Times "Buzzed" drivers even with a 0.01 percent blood alcohol concentration are significantly more likely to be involved in accidents that cause injuries than totally sober drivers, according to the study, published Monday in the journal Addiction. … |
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Causes of Addiction: Hidden heart risk for cocaine addicts even if they feel perfectly healthy – Daily Mail
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Hidden heart risk for cocaine addicts even if they feel perfectly healthy
Daily Mail Cocaine causes such extensive damage to users' hearts that it could trigger sudden death even when they feel perfectly healthy, experts warn. They said that because of the hidden damage inflicted by the drug, many addicts may have … |