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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...
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Overdose : Biological Psychology
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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,...
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Overdose : Forensic Science Terms
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An excessive dose of medicine or narcotic...
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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...
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Drug overdose Information
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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...


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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Increase in fatal drug overdoses reported
04/09/2002: 996 words, approx. 3 pages
Increase in fatal drug overdoses reported Waukesha County seeing more deaths from opiates, prescription painkillers By LISA SINK of the Journal Sentinel staff Tuesday, April 9, 2002 Waukesha -- Fatal drug overdoses in Waukesha County have sharply increased in the...
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Arrested Man Dies Of Drug Overdose
03/02/1991: 315 words, approx. 1 pages
David Gibson, Record Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-02-1991 ARRESTED MAN DIES OF DRUG OVERDOSE -- COUNTY PROBING HALEDON INCIDENT By David Gibson, Record Staff Writer Date: 03-02-1991, Saturday Section: NEWS Edition: Two Star P HALEDON -- County authorities say...
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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...
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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...
 


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