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How Smaller Sized Paracetamol Packets Reduced Risk Of Death By Poisoning.. By Almost Half

PA | Posted 08.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Pharmacists, Paracetamol, Paracetamol Packets, Packets, Health News, Drug Overdose, Poisoning, Death, Overdose, UK Lifestyle News

The introduction of smaller-sized packets of paracetamol has led to a 43% reduction in the number of poisoning deaths, a study suggests. The number...

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It Is Unfortunate That Oxycodone Can No Longer Be Injected

Dr. Peter Ferentzy | Posted 07.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Drug Legalization, Crime, Conservative Politics, Addiction, Religious Persecution, Drugs, War on Drugs, Substance Abuse, Injection Drug Use, Prohibition, Overdose, UK Lifestyle News
Dr. Peter Ferentzy

For a while, Oxycodone offered an option for opiate users - essentially, it was akin to medically prescribed heroin. Someone could get an oxy script and, rather than use it "properly", crush up a pill and do a smash.

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Binge Drinking and a Minimum Price for Alcohol

Vincent Brogan | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Minimum Price Unit Alcohol, Cannabis, Accident, Nicotine, Alcohol, Addiction, Adolescents, Booze, Binge Drinking, Teenagers, Cocaine, Overdose, UK Lifestyle News
Vincent Brogan

Ironically, the 'hard drugs' we warn our children about before they hit the town kill far fewer people than alcohol or nicotine, substances which pose bigger threats to their long term health.

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Seven-Year-Old 'Overdosed On Travel Pills During School Trip'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Health and Safety, UK News, UK Teachers, UK Travel, UK Students, UK Schools, Travel Sickness, Overdose, School Trips, UK Universities & Education News

A seven-year-old schoolgirl started hallucinating and "talking to walls" when she overdosed on travel pills after a teacher handed her the whole packe...

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Boy Arrested Over 15-Year-Old's Drug Death After Birthday Party

PA | Posted 03.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Liverpool, Merseyside Police, UK Crime, UK News, Rose Farley, Ecstacy, Drug Death, Drugs, Drug Overdose, Overdose, UK News

Police investigating the suspected drug death of a 15-year-old girl in Liverpool have made an arrest. Rose Farley fell ill at a birthday party on F...

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Five Arrested After Serena Harding, 16, Has Died Of An 'Overdose'

Press Association | Posted 22.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Greater Manchester Police, Drugs, Cheshire, Warrington, Overdose, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Five people have been arrested after a 16-year-old girl died from a suspected drug overdose. The teenager has been named by po...

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