Drug addiction Recovery programs come in two basic forms and styles. The governments of countries fund and support, in the main, substance abuse recovery programs which are in the hands of medical professionals and the so called allied health professions. Medical practitioners, with an interest and qualifications in addictive behaviors and substance abuse combine with nurses, those with university degrees in...
Oxycontin addiction is likely to occur with abuse of the prescription drug Oxycontin, a brand name for the Schedule II restricted drug oxycodone, which has effects similar to morphine. Morphine is named after Morpheus, the Greek God of Sleep and Dreaming. Nothing is more seductive to those in chronic emotional or physical pain, than to slowly subside, into the welcoming arms of Morpheus. Taking slow release...
New legislation was passed for mandatory prison sentences to be carried out for crimes related to drugs. “The Government is fighting back against gangs and other organized criminal groups by introducing new crime laws that target drug crimes, gangs and organized crime,” said the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. The main...
