70 MILLION Americans are on Mind-Altering Prescription Drugs

AMERICA’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADDICTION CDC: NOW FASTEST GROWING DRUG PROBLEM BREAKING NEWS FROM TODAY’S LONDON DAILY MAIL …. Experts have warned legal substances caused more overdose deaths than heroine and cocaine combined during the past decade, according to the U.S. report. …. In 2010 more than 250 million prescriptions for antidepressants were written for Americans….

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS & PAIN KILLERS: Suicide: Woman: England

A nurse who was found dead on her sofa had taken an overdose of her
daughter’s painkillers, an inquest heard.

Lindsay Davies, 50, was
discovered by her 22-year-old daughter at the family home in Southcote on August
26.

She had just finished a 10-day stint of night shifts at the Duchess
of Kent House in West Reading and the inquest heard it was thought she decided
to have a few drinks and fall asleep on the sofa.

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CELEXA, PAIN KILLERS, ATIVAN: Financier Danny Pang Commits Suicide: CA

The death of 42-year-old Newport
Beach financier Danny Pang has officially been ruled a suicide caused by the
combined effect of seven drugs, the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner’s Department
has determined.

Pang was found unconscious Sept. 11, 2009, in his
Newport Beach home and was taken to Hoag Hospital, where he died the next day.

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS & PAIN KILLERS: MAN IN WHEELCHAIR ROBS BANK: FL

wheelchair, and then hid the money in his prosthetic leg, was back in court
Wednesday morning. Christopher Reed entered a guilty plea and will serve time in
jail.

Reed wasn’t given any breaks because of his physical condition. In
fact, Judge John Harris said robbing the bank and threatening to blow it up were
both serious offenses. He ended up following sentencing guidelines and sent Reed
to prison for three years.

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WELLBUTRIN, Valium & Painkiller: Death: Overdose: New York

The Medical Examiner’s office now says Robert Guskind’s death from an overdose was accidental.

Robert Guskind, the prolific yet troubled force behind the Gowanus Lounge Web site, died of “an accidental overdose” from a combination of prescription medication, the city’s medical examiner said.

Guskind’s March death was caused by “acute intoxication from the combined effects” of a painkiller and two antidepressants. He was 50 years old.

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