Pharmaceuticals Kill More Teens Than Illegal Substances in the US: Study

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no real surprise here, I guess
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Thursday 2nd April 2015

Combine the number of overdose deaths caused by heroin and cocaine, and you still haven’t matched the number of deaths caused by pharmaceutical prescription medications each year in the United States. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, pharmaceutical abuse was responsible for about 23,000 deaths in 2013 — that’s more than half of the overdose deaths in the U.S. that year.

Prescription drugs have a disproportionately large effect on teenagers. A recent study published in Journal of Public Policy and Marketing sheds light on this issue, which the CDC has labeled an “epidemic.”’

http://reset.me/study/study-pharmaceuticals-kill-more-teens-than-illegal-substances-in-the-us/

[Ares]

no real surprise here, I guess
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Thursday 2nd April 2015

Combine the number of overdose deaths caused by heroin and cocaine, and you still haven’t matched the number of deaths caused by pharmaceutical prescription medications each year in the United States. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, pharmaceutical abuse was responsible for about 23,000 deaths in 2013 — that’s more than half of the overdose deaths in the U.S. that year.

Prescription drugs have a disproportionately large effect on teenagers. A recent study published in Journal of Public Policy and Marketing sheds light on this issue, which the CDC has labeled an “epidemic.”’

http://reset.me/study/study-pharmaceuticals-kill-more-teens-than-illegal-substances-in-the-us/

There is preferred drug pusher status (Pharmaceutical companies) and "illegal" drug pushers. The preferred get paid well with a stamp of government approval. While the "illegal" get demonized and punished.

Equal protection under the law? HA! No such thing.

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Suicide risk advisory for ADHD drugs comes ‘out of the blue’ and has ‘terrified’ families, doctor says
Wednesday 1st April 2015

Health Canada may have unduly “terrified” families Monday with a surprise warning that an array of widely used ADHD drugs could boost the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions in patients, says a prominent psychiatrist.

With more than four million prescriptions for the medications dispensed yearly in Canada, the regulator said new and stronger warnings will soon be included in the products’ labelling to reflect the possible suicide-related risk.

It also advised patients and their families to keep an eye out for the side effect, while stressing that the drugs’ benefits continue to outweigh their potential risks.’

Still, one specialist complained that Health Canada gave doctors no chance to prepare parents for the announcement, and has yet to reveal the source of the information behind it.

“[It] comes out of the blue, and now you’ve got all these families across the country potentially terrified that they’re giving their kids these drugs and they’ll make them suicidal,” said Declan Quinn, head of adolescent and child psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan.

“That’s not fair. … This is like WestJet or Air Canada saying ‘Your flight’s been delayed,’ but there’s no more information. You don’t know if you’re leaving tonight or next week or if you’re stranded.”

Dr. Quinn said he and colleagues first heard two months ago that Health Canada was talking to drug manufacturers about placing a new warning on the medications’ “product monographs.”

No child psychiatrists were consulted, however, and when he asked the regulator on behalf of the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance for a look at the information that led to the alert, there was no response, Dr. Quinn said..........

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Suicide+risk+advisory+ADHD+drugs+comes+blue+terrif ied+families/10934517/story.html