McCarthy Opens Up About Drug Abuse

Published October 19, 2012

McCarthy opens up about drug abuse
Filed under: painkiller abuse

McCarthy refused to check into a rehabilitation clinic to kick her addiction to the potent painkiller, and instead tackled the withdrawal process by sweating it out. Talking about her book, she tells E! News, "(I took) eight, 10 a day. Trying to come …
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Powerful Painkllers, When Abused, A Societal Scourge
Filed under: painkiller abuse

(Here is a link to a column I wrote that ran in this space on April 15, 2011, which focused on heroin and painkiller abuse and crime here in town.) What did Officer Allen have to say? Working in the schools, he has a credible and valuable perspective …
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Advent of 'Smart Drugs' Raises Safety, Ethical Concerns
Filed under: painkiller abuse

Emily C. Feinstein, a senior policy analyst at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, in New York City, said the group generally lumps different types of prescriptions together in surveys about drug use and doesn't …
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