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Some doctors in Australia agree that patients who are given powerful painkillers should undergo routine drug test to make sure they are taking their medicines and not selling them to people who abuse prescription drugs.
Dr. Penny Briscoe, head of pain management at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told The Sydney Morning Herald [...]
Norman Smith, 63 years old, has been fighting cancer for two years and has been waiting for a new liver. However, for using medical marijuana and for failing to show up for a drug test, he has been removed from the transplant list at Cedars-Sinai in February. He was put in the list [...]
Family and friends of the late British singer Amy Winehouse gathered on Tuesday to pay their respects and honour her, during her funeral in north London.
While her sudden death, in still unexplained circumstances that is being attributed at this time to a lingering battle with drugs and alcohol, brought pain and anguish [...]
Previous reports say that the existence of non-authorized online pharmacies has led to the easy access and wide distribution of prescription medicines and its abuse. However, a recent study stresses that doctors can do more to curb the prescription drug abuse trend.
According to a feature on Medical News Today, only [...]
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