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First Reported May 12 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 1 Documents

‘I thought It Was All Over. I was Done.’

Ray Lucas does not blame the N.F.L. for his addiction to prescription painkillers, and he does not blame football. After contemplating suicide, he got help, and he said he wants to throw a lifeline to others. Lucas, a former Rutgers, Jets and Dolphins ... [ Published May 12 2012 by New York Times ]

Entities: anodyne, Ray Lucas, opioid, Tolerance

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Pain pill pain

How many of us are addicted to caffeine? If you miss a morning dose, the headache starts and you feel more groggy than normal. What do you do? You go grab some coffee or a soda to end the symptoms. Now, imagine symptoms 100 times worse, like being chilled ... [ Published May 10 2012 by 950 KJR ]

Entities: anodyne, Narcotic, Ryan Leaf, opioid, Vicodin

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Is high school football an endangered species?

It is that time of the year when school boards have to get budgets in place for the new school calendar and the 2012-13 school year. The people who do the budgets and the people who vote on the budgets probably aren't too worried about the 2012 high school ... [ Published May 09 2012 by NewJerseyNewsroom.com ]

Entities: Endangered Species, Oxycodone, Junior Seau, Suicide

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..." The spine is designed to move, and the loss of motion can cause additional pain. The Mayo Clinic, meanwhile, says that "most back problems can be taken care of with non-surgical treatments, such as anti-inflammatory medication, ice, heat, gentle massage and physical therapy. When conservative treatments don't help, back surgery may offer relief, but it doesn't help every type of back pain."

Playing Golf with a Bad Back [Cybergolf - May 09 2012]

One-time Pittsburgh Steelers player Reggie Harrison, now known as Kamal Ali Salaam-El wrote, "Since we don’t have a crystal ball, we may never know what was going through Junior Seau’s mind. I have yet to entertain the thought of taking my life, but I can relate to the pain that a lot of us are going through. I take 10 methadone, 4 oxycodone and 2 ml of liquid oxycodone daily, and sometimes the pain still overtakes me. I just pray that I can hold on and lean on my fellow alumni if I feel that I can’t go on. My heart goes out to Junior and his family and I hope he has found Peace. I sure haven’t found it."

Is high school football an endangered species? [NewJerseyNewsroom.com - May 09 2012]

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Is high school football an endangered species? [ Published May 09 2012 by NewJerseyNewsroom.com ]
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