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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 |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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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
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
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 |
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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)
...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 "born to fail" because they are being... |
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276 BABIES BORN AS ADDICTS; Drug toll is rising.(News)
...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 2002-3... |
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More than 70 babies born as drug addicts.(News)
...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 born to residents of Wales...available to aid addict mums. ... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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SHAME OF IRISH BABIES BORN AS DRUG ADDICTS; Methadone mothers need help warns...
...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 babies diagnosed with neonatal...of the "methadone baby ... |
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IS ADOPTION ANY CRUELLER THAN THIS? THE IDEA OF ADOPTION FOR BABIES BORN TO...
...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 addicts cannot provide...link adoption with drugs would just discourage... |
 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Tragedy of our drug addict babies; One drug addict baby born every week.
...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 new-born child, and the...constantly soothe the baby to help it ... |
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1000 BABIES BORN TO ADDICTS.(News)
...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 "born to fail" because they are being... |
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Rise in babies born to addicts.
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 suffer serious health problems... |
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Fostered baby born to heroin addict dies with 13 broken ribs.(News)
Byline: Chris Brooke A BABY born addicted to heroin died at...support by social workers. Born to a mother who was a drug addict, Chelsey spent her first five...Mullen, who claims she is off drugs, said: 'I loved Chelsey... |
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DRUG BABIES TOLL SOARS; More newborn addicts.(News)
...EXCLUSIVE MORE Scots babies are being born hooked on drugs than ever before. Last...when 161 babies were born hooked. Worst-hit...addicted babies were born last year, compared...in Scotland were born addicts. Sister Elizabeth Stone... |
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