
Search "Drug overdose"
|

|
Drug overdose | |
|
About 11 pages (3,343 words) in 5 products |
|

Encyclopedia and Summary Information

summary from source:

Overdose, Drug (Od) Summary
366 words, approx. 1 pages Administration of a drug in a quantity that exceeds that which the body can metabolize or excrete before toxicity develops constitutes an overdose. Whether it is accidental or deliberate, drug overdose is a significant problem that is encountered by...
summary from source:

Overdose : Biological Psychology
172 words, approx. 1 pages A term used to denote the presence or administration of an abnormally high amount of drug, which results in unwanted toxic or lethal effects. In relation to DRUG ABUSE, people sometimes administer to themselves too much of the drug in question,...
summary from source:

summary from source:

Drug Overdose Summary
1,820 words, approx. 6 pages A drug overdose is the accidental or intentional use of a drug or medicine in an amount that is higher than normally used. All drugs have the potential to be misused, whether legally prescribed by a doctor, purchased over the counter at the local drug...
summary from source:

Drug overdose Information
976 words, approx. 3 pages
 This article is about the drug overdose. For other uses, see Overdose (disambiguation). The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are...




summary from source:
 AP News
Smith died from accidental drug overdose
3/27/2007: 639 words, approx. 2 pages For weeks, the rumors swirled, of a murder, a suicide, or some other desperate, dramatic end to an over-the-top life.In the end, though, Anna Nicole Smith simply closed her eyes and slipped away.The announcement Monday that the former Playboy Playmate died of an accidental drug...
summary from source:
 AP Features
CDC finds dramatic rise in accidental drug-overdose deaths
2/9/2007: 444 words, approx. 2 pages Unintentional fatal drug overdoses in the United States nearly doubled from 1999 to 2004, overtaking falls to become the nation's second-leading cause of accidental death, behind automobile crashes, the government reported.The number of accidental drug overdose deaths rose from 11,155 in 1999 to 19,838 in...
summary from source:
 AP Features
U.S. finds dramatic rise in accidental drug-overdose deaths
2/9/2007: 419 words, approx. 1 pages Unintentional fatal drug overdoses in the United States nearly doubled from 1999 to 2004, overtaking falls to become the nation's second-leading cause of accidental death, behind automobile crashes, the government reported.The number of accidental drug overdose deaths rose from 11,155 in 1999 to 19,838 in...
summary from source:
 AP Features
Police chief: Anna Nicole Smith died of accidental drug overdose
3/26/2007: 922 words, approx. 3 pages Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, and she had recently had a bacterial infection from injecting drugs into her buttocks, authorities in Florida said Monday.Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper...


|
Drug overdose | |
|
About 11 pages (3,343 words) in 5 products |
|
|