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What are slang names?

Laxatives and diet pills

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What are the diet pills problems among teens?


the risk of the drug dependence, abuse and overdosing,  teens take them because they want to lose weight, so they often consume more than the dosage on the label, teens will not learn proper eating habits and nutrition

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Are there some research based solutions to these problems on society?

Researchers say lorcaserin is the first weight-loss drug to be deemed safe for heart health with long-term use. Taken twice a day, the drug is an appetite suppressant which works by stimulating brain chemicals to induce a feeling of fullness.

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Emotional effects of weight loss drugs

It will causes depression which is the heavily studied psychological consequences of diet-induced weight loss. It will also increase your levels of stress and anxiety. Dieters will develop eating disorder.

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How many people overdose/ die from laxatives?

It is very rare but possible because after multiple days of research we were unable to find anything about this subject.

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Does the diet pill cause death?

Yes, There was a girl named Eloise Parry. She took four diet pills before going sleep. When she woke up, she took another four diet pills and began vomiting soon after. Unfortunately, she died that afternoon. 

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How does one find treatment and support?  Include a treatment center in Michigan that specializes in the addiction of weight loss drugs?

A(1): Dawn Farms 

A(2):  Barix Clinics of Michigan

              Address: 135 S Prospect St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

          Phone: (734) 547-4700



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Environmental effects of weight loss drugs

An addiction to diet pills can develop at any time through the lifespan, with all age groups having vulnerabilities to drug abuse.

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Are they suppressant or stimulant?

They are a stimulant but not the same kind as in common drugs.

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 How are Laxatives taken in?

They are taken orally

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How much money have the Federal Trade Commission fined the marketers of four weight loss pills for making false advertising claims about their products?

$25 million

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What are the 4 physical short term effects of the weight loss drugs?

increased blood pressure, fast heart rate, restlessness, headache, nausea and     vomiting, dizziness, Dehydration

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How many teen girls unnecessarily use diet pills?

20% of teenage girls.

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What would happen to someone if they were caught using weight loss drugs?

It is not illegal to buy weight loss drugs, so nobody caught using/buying weight loss drugs.

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What are the 4 physical long term effects of the weight loss drugs?

infertility, insomnia, heart failure, respiratory failure

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When were they first introduced into the USA

Around the 1930s

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How this drug affect one’s spiritual health?

The weight loss medicine you take may contain amphetamine. Symptoms such as emotional instability, delusions, hallucinations, and sleep disorders can occur. And amphetamines are as addictive as drugs. Once addicted, the process of withdrawal is very painful. There may even be symptoms such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, lethargy, and overeating.