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US Antidepressant Use Rate Increases 400 Percent in 20 Years

Officials with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal in a report released on October 19 that the rate at which antidepressant medication is used in the United States has increased four times in the past 20 years alone. According to the document, which was compiled by the CDC National Center...

26 October 2011
14:01 GMT

ADHD Drug Use Rates Increase

Official statistics from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) indicate that the use of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication has been growing steadily throughout the United States. The government report shows that the growth has been slow, yet ...

30 September 2011
04:38 GMT

Fear of Prescriptions Stops Depressed People from Seeing Doctors

Most people who experience depressive symptoms and figure this out want to see the doctor. However, they avoid bringing the issue up with their family physician because they are afraid to be prescribed antidepressant medication. According to the results of a new investigation, this is the primary reason why this happ...

13 September 2011
11:02 GMT

No More Federal Raids on California Marijuana Dispensaries

Over the past 8 years, marijuana dispensaries throughout the US have come under increased scrutiny by the Drug Enforcement Agency, which has performed large numbers of raids on and seizures at these institutions. In California, the situation has been the worst, as this was the first state to legalize selling pot to p...

9 March 2009
01:38 GMT


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