Philip Seymour Hoffman's death points to broader opioid drug epidemic

Philip Seymour Hoffman's death points to broader opioid drug epidemic
Prescription opioids are killing Americans at more than five times the rate that heroin is, according to the most recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These drugs are sold under such familiar brand names as OxyContin …
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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, a Review and a Webinar
Through chapters on privacy, identity, bullying, danger, inequality, addiction, and literacy, boyd offers a biography about a generation of young people, who boyd describes as "more resilient than I had originally believed." Combining anthropological …
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Lawmakers Push Obama to Soften Marijuana Rules
Schedule I drugs are viewed by the federal government as having “no currently accepted medical use in the United States,” while Schedule II are classified as having “a high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical …
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In SW Pa, concern about gains in scrip drug abuse
Across the region, the number of overdose deaths from prescription and illegal drugs has increased dramatically, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Health Statistics and Research, with Fayette County leading the way. Fayette …
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The Hell of a Christmas: Holiday joy or another shopping addiction? — Is Christmas still a Christmas? RT’s “The Resident” Lori Harfenist talks about that to people in New York. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http…

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