A growing number of teens are misusing the prescription muscle relaxant Soma to get high, CBS News reported June 2, 2007. “Some students are crushing it up and snorting it, ” said Mesa Police Sgt. Sean Kelly in Arizona. “They’re also mixing it with alcohol.” In Mesa, 29 students were suspended for possessing the drug. […]
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Oxycodone Abuse
Oxycodone abuse has been an ongoing problem in the United States since the early 1960’s. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 placed oxycodone products in a Schedule 2 category. The abuse of a release formulation of oxycodone, known as Oxycontin, has rocketed over the last year. Drug abuse treatment programs have reported a dramatic increase […]
Methadone Maintenance and Detection
Methadone is a synthetic narcotic analgesic developed in Germany during the Second World War. The first pharmacological studies of methadone were performed by 1946 at which time the compound was found to be a potent narcotic analgesic. Methadone was approved for use in controlling severe pain. In 1963 methadone was introduced as an experimental drug […]
