Scotch?:
The recession has seen the volume of antidepressants being prescribed soar to record levels, with one in ten Scots taking the drugs every day... The Scottish Conservatives said more than a third of all GP appointments are made because Scots are suffering from stress, anxiety or depression.
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Another Drug Abuse:
Nearly half of all cocaine users are testing positive for a potentially fatal chemical caused by mixing the drug with alcohol.
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Starting Them Young:
New federally financed drug research reveals a stark disparity: children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parents have private insurance. And the Medicaid children are more likely to receive the drugs for less severe conditions than their middle-class counterparts, the data shows.
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