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Addiction Addiction
Addiction Definition Addiction is a physical or mental dependence on a behavior or substance that a person feels powerless to stop. Description Addiction is one of the most costly public health problems in the United States. It is a progressive syndrome, which means that it ... Read more
codeine codeine
codeine , alkaloid found in opium . It is a narcotic whose effects, though less potent, resemble those of morphine . An effective cough suppressant, it is mainly used in cough medicines. Like other narcotics, codeine is addictive. See drug addiction and drug abuse .... Read more
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drug abuse Mechanisms of addictionDrug abuse is an increasing problem in our affluent societies and carries great social and economic costs through its impacts on crime and health. Official policy in the Western world for the past 50 years has been to treat addicts as criminals and to punish them,... Read more
morphine morphine
morphine principal derivative of opium , which is the juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy , Papaver somniferum. It was first isolated from opium in 1803 by the German pharmacist F. W. A. Sertürner, who named it after Morpheus , the god of dreams. Given intravenously, it is... Read more
heroin heroin
heroin , opiate drug synthesized from morphine (see narcotic ). Originally produced in 1874, it was thought to be not only nonaddictive but useful as a cure for respiratory illness and morphine addiction, and capable of relieving morphine withdrawal symptoms. Later it was discovered to have the... Read more
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ADDICT Any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so drawn to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his or her drug use. Addiction to narcotics is not a crime... Read more
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cocaine , alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in addition to its anesthetic effect, it constricts small arteries, lessening bleeding.... Read more
opium opium
opium substance derived by collecting and drying the milky juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy , Papaver somniferum. Opium varies in color from yellow to dark brown and has a characteristic odor and a bitter taste. Its chief active principle is the alkaloid morphine , a narcotic .... Read more

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A 1000 BABIES BORN TO ADDICTS DRUGS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ...Byline: JUDITH DUFFY THE number of babies born to drug users in Scotland has almost doubled...years. Around 1000 babies are now born every year to addict mothers - one in 56. And three...say too many youngsters are ...
276 BABIES BORN AS ADDICTS; Drug toll is rising.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ...Dave King HUNDREDS of babies are born addicted to drugs in Scotland every year...The death toll among drug-users is also going...8, 217 babies were born in Scotland suffering the effects of drugs misuse. By ...
More than 70 babies born as drug addicts.(News)
Newspaper article from: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales) ...70 children were born with a drug dependency in Wales...addiction to their unborn babies. They show that...by maternal use of drugs and addiction" and...from maternal use of drug of addiction...relate to babies ...
SHAME OF IRISH BABIES BORN AS DRUG ADDICTS; Methadone mothers need help warns...
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) ...babies are being born addicted to a heroin...methadone is given to addict mums to help wean...said 90 addicted babies were born in two Health Board...or taken off the drug during pregnancy...He claimed the 90 ...
IS ADOPTION ANY CRUELLER THAN THIS? THE IDEA OF ADOPTION FOR BABIES BORN TO...
Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London) ...year thousands of babies are born to drug-addicted parents...sordidness of a drug addict's life, would...children of drug addicts to be taken away...discipline and care that drug ...
Tragedy of our drug addict babies; One drug addict baby born every week.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) ...habit from their drug-taking mothers...to treat adult drug addicts. But one in 20...cases of junkie babies are seen every...addicts to stay on drugs - because going...this will pass on drugs to the ...
NO CHARGES SEEN IN DEATH OF BABY BORN TO DRUG ADDICT
Newspaper article from: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) The Queens district attorney said Tuesday he was not pursuing charges against a woman whose baby boy was found dead, and possibly stillborn, in the bushes. "There exists no basis for the filing of criminal charges at this...
1000 BABIES BORN TO ADDICTS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ...Byline: JUDITH DUFFY THE number of babies born to drug users in Scotland has almost doubled...years. Around 1000 babies are now born every year to addict mothers - one in 56. And three...say too many youngsters are ...
Stronger Net of Protection Sought for Babies Born to Addicts
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...growing number of babies born to drug-addicted women...don't want a baby to die while...women who abuse drugs to seek treatment...and 7,400 babies were born to women on...alcohol or illegal ...
Rise in babies born to addicts.
Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London) THE number of babies born to drug-addicted mothers has almost doubled infour years...in 2003- and in more than half the cases they were born hooked on drugs themselves. Babies born to addicted mothers can ...

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